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Hypergraphs: connection and separation

Combinatorics 2015-05-29 v2

Abstract

In this paper we study fundamental connectivity properties of hypergraphs from a graph-theoretic perspective, with the emphasis on cut edges, cut vertices, and blocks. To prepare the ground, we define various types of subhypergraphs, as well as various types of walks in a hypergraph. We then prove a number of new results involving cut edges, cut vertices, and blocks. In particular, we describe the exact relationship between the block decomposition of a hypergraph and the block decomposition of its incidence graph.

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@article{arxiv.1504.04274,
  title  = {Hypergraphs: connection and separation},
  author = {M. Amin Bahmanian and Mateja Šajna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04274},
  year   = {2015}
}
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