When Is the Matching Polytope Box-Totally Dual Integral?
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Abstract
Let G = (V, E) be a graph. The matching polytope of G, denoted by P(G), is the convex hull of the incidence vectors of all matchings in G. As proved by Edmonds [10] [Edmonds J (1965) Maximum matching and a polyhedron with 0, 1-vertices, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Standards Sect. B 69(1–2):125–130.], P(G) is determined by the following linear system π(G): x(e) ≥ 0 for each e ∈ E; x(δ(v)) ≤ 1 for each v ∈ V; and x(E[U]) ≤ ½|U|⌋ for each U ⊆ V with |U| odd. In 1978, Cunningham and Marsh [6] [Cunningham W, Marsh A (1978) A primal algorithm for optimum matching. Balinski ML, Hoffman AJ, eds. Polyhedral combinatorics. Mathematical Programming Studies, Vol. 8 (Springer, Berlin), 50–72.] strengthened this theorem by showing that π(G) is always totally dual integral. In 1984, Edmonds and Giles [11] [Edmonds J, Giles R (1984) Total dual integrality of linear inequality systems. Progress in Combinatorial Optimization (Academic Press, Toronto), 117–129.] initiated the study of graphs G for which π(G) is box-totally dual integral. In this paper, we present a structural characterization of all such graphs, and develop a general and powerful method for establishing box-total dual integrality. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.2017.0852 .
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