Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4656963 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B 2013 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show that if G is a graph such that every edge is in at least two triangles, then G contains a spanning tree with no vertex of degree 2 (a homeomorphically irreducible spanning tree). This result was originally asked in a question format by Albertson, Berman, Hutchinson, and Thomassen in 1979, and then conjectured to be true by Archdeacon in 2009.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics