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Covering odd cycles

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We estimate the number of vertices/edges necessary to cover all odd cycles in graphs of given order and odd girth.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, 08903, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.

    János Komlós

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To the memory of Pál Erdős

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Komlós, J. Covering odd cycles. Combinatorica 17, 393–400 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01215920

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