In this paper we prove the following result. Let m(1) greater than or equal to m(2) greater than or equal to ...greater than or equal to m(l) be nonnegative integers. A necessary and sufficient condition for the complete graph K-n to be decomposed into stars S-m1,S-m2,..,S-ml is [GRAPHICS] (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
