图G的最大匹配的路变换图NM(G)是这样一个图,它以G的最大匹配为顶点,如果两个最大匹配M1与M2的对称差导出的图是一条路(长度没有限制),那么M1和M2在NM(G)中相邻.研究了这个变换图的连通性,分别得到了这个变换图是一个完全图或一棵树或一个圈的充要条件.
The path-transformation graph of maximum matchings of a graph G, denoted by NM(G), is a graph where vertices are maximum matchings of G and two maximum matchings M1 and M2 are adjacent in NM(G) if the symmetric difference of M1 and M2 induces a path (there is no limit for the length of the path). In the paper, we study the connectivity of the transformation graph, and obtain the necessary and sufficient condition that the transformation graph is a complete graph or a tree or a cycle, respectively.
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