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Balanced Graph Partitions

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We prove that the set of vertices V, |V| = rk, of a connected graph G can be split into r subsets of the same cardinality in such a way that the distance between any vertex of G and any subset of the partition is at most r.

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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 79, no. 1, 2006, pp. 127–133.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2006 by K. D. Protasova.

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Protasova, K.D. Balanced Graph Partitions. Math Notes 79, 116–121 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11006-006-0011-0

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Key words

  • balanced graph coloring
  • diameter of a graph
  • star graph
  • balanced partition
  • spanning tree
  • r-critical tree
  • Cayley graph