On a conjecture of Tuza about packing and covering of triangles

Michael Krivelevich*

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Abstract

Zs. Tuza conjectured that if a simple graph G does not contain more than k pairwise edge disjoint triangles, then there exists a set of at most 2k edges which meets all triangles in G. We prove this conjecture for K3, 3-free graphs (graphs that do not contain a homeomorph of K3, 3). Two fractional versions of the conjecture are also proved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)281-286
Number of pages6
JournalDiscrete Mathematics
Volume142
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 1995
Externally publishedYes

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