\(5\)-Cycle Systems of \(\lambda\((K_v- K_u)\)

Darryn Bryant1
1Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Computing Department of Mathematics The University of Queensland Qld 4072 Australia

Abstract

In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a 5-cycle system of the \(\lambda\)-fold complete graph of order \(v\) with a hole of size \(u\),\(\lambda(K_v – K_u)\), are proved.