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A cactus theorem for end cuts

Combinatorics 2011-10-25 v1

Abstract

Dinits-Karzanov-Lomonosov showed that it is possible to encode all minimal edge cuts of a graph by a tree-like structure called a cactus. We show here that minimal edge cuts separating ends of the graph rather than vertices can be `encoded' also by a cactus. We apply our methods to finite graphs as well and we show that several types of cuts can be encoded by cacti.

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@article{arxiv.1110.5084,
  title  = {A cactus theorem for end cuts},
  author = {Anastasia Evangelidou and Panos Papasoglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5084},
  year   = {2011}
}

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19 pages

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