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Discrete mathematics in relation to computer science
NP-completeness of the Eulerian walk problem for a multiple graph
A. V. Smirnov P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl, Russia
Abstract:
In this paper, we study undirected multiple graphs of any natural multiplicity $k>1$. There are edges of three types: ordinary edges, multiple edges and multi-edges. Each edge of the last two types is a union of $k$ linked edges, which connect 2 or $(k+1)$ vertices, correspondingly. The linked edges should be used simultaneously. If a vertex is incident to a multiple edge, it can be also incident to other multiple edges and it can be the common end of $k$ linked edges of some multi-edge. If a vertex is the common end of some multi-edge, it cannot be the common end of another multi-edge.
We study the problem of finding the Eulerian walk (the cycle or the trail) in a multiple graph, which generalizes the classical problem for an ordinary graph. We prove that the recognition variant of the multiple eulerian walk problem is NP-complete. For this purpose we first prove NP-completeness of the auxiliary problem of recognising the covering trails with given endpoints in an ordinary graph.
Keywords:
multiple graph, multiple path, divisible graph, covering trails, edge-disjoint paths, eulerian trail, eulerian cycle, NP-completeness.
Received: 22.01.2024 Revised: 29.01.2024 Accepted: 31.01.2024
Citation:
A. V. Smirnov, “NP-completeness of the Eulerian walk problem for a multiple graph”, Model. Anal. Inform. Sist., 31:1 (2024), 102–114
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