Graphs with large generalized 3-connectivity

Details Graphs with large generalized 3-connectivity Graphs with large generalized 3-connectivity

2012-01-14

arxiv.org/abs/1201.2983v1

Mathematics

Combinatorics

9 pages

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Let $S$ be a nonempty set of vertices of a connected graph $G$. A collection $T_1,..., T_\ell$ of trees in $G$ is said to be internally disjoint trees connecting $S$ if $E(T_i)\cap E(T_j)= \emptyset$ and $V(T_i)\cap V(T_j)=S$ for any pair of distinct integers $i, j$, where $1 \leq i, j \leq r$. For an integer $k$ with $2 \leq k \leq n$, the generalized $k$-connectivity $\kappa_k(G)$ of $G$ is the greatest positive integer $r$ such that $G$ contains at least $r$ internally disjoint trees connecting $S$ for any set $S$ of $k$ vertices of $G$. Obviously, $\kappa_2(G)$ is the connectivity of $G$. In this paper, sharp upper and lower bounds of $\kappa_3(G)$ are given for a connected graph $G$ of order $n$, that is, $1 \leq \kappa_3(G) \leq n - 2$. Graphs of order $n$ such that $\kappa_3(G) = n - 2, n - 3$ are characterized, respectively.

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