Abstract
Let F be an edge subset and \(F^{\prime }\) a subset of edges and vertices of a graph G. If \(G-F\) and \(G-F^{\prime }\) have no fractional perfect matchings, then F is a fractional matching preclusion (FMP) set and \(F^{\prime }\) is a fractional strong MP (FSMP) set of G. The FMP (FSMP) number of G is the minimum size of FMP (FSMP) sets of G. In this paper, the FMP number and the FSMP number of Petersen graph, complete graphs and twisted cubes are obtained, respectively.
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This work is supported by the Scientific Research Fund of the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (No. 201510010265), by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11551003 ) and by the Qinghai Province Natural Science Foundation (No. 2015-ZJ-911).
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Liu, Y., Liu, W. Fractional matching preclusion of graphs. J Comb Optim 34, 522–533 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-016-0077-x
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