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Thursday, May 18, 2023

Z/2Z and Bipartite graph

Bipartite graph has an interesting connection to F2(Z/2Z)

We know that a connected graph is bipartite if and only if it does not have an odd-length loop.

And we can use F2 to prove it!

We can choose one vertex in a connected graph and give the vertex a value of 0.

Since it is connected, and we view the edges as +1, so another vertex connected with the initial vertex is 1.

If there exists an odd-length loop, then all the vertex value in this loop is not well-defined.

Because an odd number is 1 in F2, and 0+10,1+11 .

If there is no odd-length loop in this connected graph, then all the point is well-defined

The vertex has been divided into two equivalence classes [0]2,[1]2, and the edges +1 connected from [0]2 to[1]2

 

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