Binding Number of Graphs and \([a, b]\)-Factors

Ciping Chen1
1 Department of Mathematics Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202

Abstract

If the binding number of a graph \(G\) is more than \(1 + \frac{a-1}{b}\), does \(G\) have an \([a,b)\)-factor? The answers to this question for the case of either \(a = b\) or \(a \leq 3\) can be found in [1], [2], [4], and [7]. Here we give some more answers for \(4 \leq a \leq b\).