Decomposition of a \(3K_{8t}\) into \({H}_2\) Graphs

Dinesh G.Sarvate1, Li Zhang2
1Department of Mathematics College of Charleston Charleston, SC 29424 U.S.A.
2Department of Mathematics and Computer Science The Citadel Charleston, SC 29409 U.S.A.

Abstract

An \({H}_2\) graph is a multigraph on three vertices with a double
edge between a pair of distinct vertices and single edges between
the other two pairs. In this paper, we settle the \({H}_2\) graph
decomposition problem, which was left unfinished in a paper of
Hurd and Sarvate, by decomposing a complete multigraph \(3K_{8t}\)
into \({H}_2\) graphs recursively.