Two sufficient conditions for the existence of path factors in graphs

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1 School of Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Mengxi Road 2, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003, People's Republic of China

2 School of Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Mengxi Road 2, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003, P. R. China.

3 Department of Mathematics, Changji University, Changji, Xinjiang 831100, P. R. China.

Abstract

A graph G is called a (P≥n, k)-factor critical graph if G − U has a P≥ n -factor for any U ⊆ V(G) with|U|=k.  A graphG is called a (P≥n, m)-factor deleted graph if.............

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