We give a short inductive proof for a pair of theorems of Karzanov characterizing when complete and complete bipartite graphs with red and blue edges have a perfect matching with exactly k red edges. In contrast with Karzanov's approach, our proof handles both cases simultaneously.
Bibtex entry:
AUTHOR | = | {Geerdes, Hans-Florian and Szab{\'o}, J{\'a}cint}, |
TITLE | = | {A unified proof for Karzanov's exact matching theorem}, |
NOTE | = | {{\tt egres.elte.hu}}, |
INSTITUTION | = | {Egerv{\'a}ry Research Group, Budapest}, |
YEAR | = | {2011}, |
NUMBER | = | {QP-2011-02} |