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Knots in Washington XLIV
April 28-30, 2017
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Radmila Sazdanovic (NCSU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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Not every graph has a robust cycle basis.
by
Richard H. Hammack
Virginia Commonwealth University

Robust cycle bases of graphs have both theoretical and biological applications. However, robust cycle bases are known to exist only for a few classes of graphs. Despite this, previously no graph was known to not have a robust cycle basis. Theorem. The complete bipartite graphs Kn, n have no robust cycle basis when n ≥ 8. Open questions, including the gap 5 ≤ n ≤ 7, and for other graphs are described. This is joint work with Paul Kainen.

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Date received: April 19, 2017


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