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Tutte's Edge-Colouring Conjecture

Authors :
Neil Robertson
Robin Thomas
Paul Seymour
Source :
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B. (1):166-183
Publisher :
Academic Press.

Abstract

Tutte made the conjecture in 1966 that every 2-connected cubic graph not containing the Petersen graph as a minor is 3-edge-colourable. The conjecture is still open, but we show that it is true, in general, provided it is true for two special kinds of cubic graphs that are almost planar.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00958956
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fc8d3cc120b7be1d58c4c92418967ff0
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1006/jctb.1997.1752