Uniform Star-factors of Graphs with Girth Three

Yunjian Wu, Qinglin Yu

Published 2007-07-02Version 1

A {\it star-factor} of a graph $G$ is a spanning subgraph of $G$ such that each component of which is a star. Recently, Hartnell and Rall studied a family $\mathscr{U}$ of graphs satisfying the property that every star-factor of a member graph has the same number of edges. They determined the family $\mathscr{U}$ when the girth is at least five. In this paper, we investigate the family of graphs with girth three and determine all members of this family.