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Chordality and 2-factors in tough graphs
A graph G is chordal if it contains no chordless cycle of length at least four and is k-chordal if a longest chordless cycle in G has length at most k. In this note it is proved that all ..-tough 5-chordal graphs have a 2-factor. This result is best possible in two ways. Examples due to Chvátal show that for all ε>0 there exists a (..-ε)-tough chordal graph with no 2-factor. Furthermore, examples due to Bauer and Schmeichel show that the result is false for 6-chordal graphs