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A vizing-type theorem for matching forests
A well known Theorem of Vizing states that one can colour the edges of a graph by colours, such that edges of the same colour form a matching. Here, denotes the maximum degree of a vertex, and the maximum multiplicity of an edge in the graph. An analogue of this Theorem for directed graphs was proved by Frank. It states that one can colour the arcs of a digraph by colours, such that arcs of the same colour form a branching. For a digraph, denotes the maximum indegree of a vertex, and the maximum multiplicity of an arc
Reconstructing a phylogenetic level-1 network from quartets
We describe a method that will reconstruct an unrooted binary phylogenetic
level-1 network on n taxa from the set of all quartets containing a certain
fixed taxon, in O(n^3) time. We also present a more general method which can
handle more diverse quartet data, but which takes O(n^6) time. Both methods
proceed by solving a certain system of linear equations over GF(2).
For a general dense quartet set (containing at least one quartet on every
four taxa) our O(n^6) algorithm constructs a phylogenetic level-1 network
consistent with the quartet set if such a network exists and returns an (O(n^2)
sized) certificate of inconsistency otherwise. This answers a question raised
by Gambette, Berry and Paul regarding the complexity of reconstructing a
level-1 network from a dense quartet set
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