🤖 AI Summary
本文解决了Pfaffian数是否总是偶数的问题，通过证明特定图的Pfaffian数为13，从而反驳了Miranda和Lucchesi的猜想。
📝 Abstract
The Pfaffian number of a graph is the minimum number of Pfaffians needed to obtain its perfect-matching polynomial by linear combination. In 2009, Norine conjectured that every Pfaffian number is a power of four. Miranda and Lucchesi disproved this conjecture in 2011 by constructing a graph of Pfaffian number six, and conjectured instead that every nontrivial Pfaffian number is even. We disprove their conjecture by proving that the Pfaffian number of $K_{3,3}\sqcup K_{3,3}$ is 13. We also construct a connected cubic bipartite matching-covered graph with Pfaffian number 13.