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The super restricted edge-connectedness of direct product graphs

Combinatorics 2023-01-31 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a graph with vertex set V(G)V(G) and edge set E(G)E(G). An edge subset FE(G)F\subseteq E(G) is called a restricted edge-cut if GFG-F is disconnected and has no isolated vertices. The restricted edge-connectivity λ(G)\lambda'(G) of GG is the cardinality of a minimum restricted edge-cut of GG if it has any; otherwise λ(G)=+\lambda'(G)=+\infty. If GG is not a star and its order is at least four, then λ(G)ξ(G)\lambda'(G)\leq \xi(G), where ξ(G)=\xi(G)= min{dG(u)+dG(v)2: uvE(G)}\{d_G(u) + d_G(v)-2:\ uv \in E(G)\}. The graph GG is said to be maximally restricted edge-connected if λ(G)=ξ(G)\lambda'(G)= \xi(G); the graph GG is said to be super restricted edge-connected if every minimum restricted edge-cut isolates an edge from GG. The direct product of graphs G1G_1 and G2G_2, denoted by G1×G2G_1\times G_2, is the graph with vertex set V(G1×G2)=V(G1)×V(G2)V(G_1\times G_2) = V(G_1)\times V(G_2), where two vertices (u1,v1)(u_{1} ,v_{1} ) and (u2,v2)(u_{2} ,v_{2} ) are adjacent in G1×G2G_1\times G_2 if and only if u1u2E(G1)u_{1}u_{2} \in E(G_1) and v1v2E(G2)v_{1}v_{2} \in E(G_2). In this paper, we give a sufficient condition for G×KnG\times K_{n} to be super restricted edge-connected, where KnK_{n} is the complete graph on nn vertices.

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@article{arxiv.2301.12784,
  title  = {The super restricted edge-connectedness of direct product graphs},
  author = {Jiaqiong Yin and Yingzhi Tian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.12784},
  year   = {2023}
}