2023/08/08 by Andrea C. Burgess, Burgess, Andrea, Peter Danziger +3
Engineering · Mathematics · #05B30 #05C51 #05C70 #05C78 #05E18 #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Finite Group Theory Research #Mathematics and Applications #graph theory and CDMA systems
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.04307
openalex publication_date 2023/08/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The generalized Oberwolfach problem asks for a decomposition of a graph G into specified 2-regular spanning subgraphs F1,…, Fk, called factors. The classic Oberwolfach problem corresponds to the case when all of the factors are pairwise isomorphic, and G is the complete graph of odd order or the complete graph of even order with the edges of a 1-factor removed. When there are two possible factor types, it is called the Hamilton-Waterloo problem. In this paper we present a survey of constructive methods which have allowed recent progress in this area. Specifically, we consider blow-up type constructions, particularly as applied to the case when each factor consists of cycles of the same length. We consider the case when the factors are all bipartite (and hence consist of even cycles) and a method for using circulant graphs to find solutions. We also consider constructions which yield solutions with well-behaved automorphisms.