A constructive proof of Vizing's Theorem
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Matching for Graphs of Bounded Degree
FAW '08 Proceedings of the 2nd annual international workshop on Frontiers in Algorithmics
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Let M be the number of edges in a maximum matching in graphs with m edges, maximum vertex degree k and shortest simple odd-length cycle length L. We show that $$M\geq \left \{\begin{array}{l@{\quad }l}\frac{m}{2}-\frac{m}{2L},&\mbox{if}\ k=2,\\\noalign{\vspace{2pt}}\frac{m}{k}-\frac{m}{(k+L)k},&\mbox{if}\ k2.\end{array}\right.$$ This lower bound is tight.When no simple odd-length cycle exists it is known previously that $M\geq \frac{m}{k}$ .