On the Maximum and Minimum Sizes of a Graph with Givenk-Connectivity

Yuefang Sun. "On the Maximum and Minimum Sizes of a Graph with Givenk-Connectivity." Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 37.3 (2017): 623-632. <http://eudml.org/doc/288543>.

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abstract = {The concept of k-connectivity κk(G), introduced by Chartrand in 1984, is a generalization of the cut-version of the classical connectivity. For an integer k ≥ 2, the k-connectivity of a connected graph G with order n ≥ k is the smallest number of vertices whose removal from G produces a graph with at least k components or a graph with fewer than k vertices. In this paper, we get a sharp upper bound for the size of G with κk(G) = t, where 1 ≤ t ≤ n − k and k ≥ 3; moreover, the unique extremal graph is given. Based on this result, we get the exact values for the maximum size, denoted by g(n, k, t), of a connected graph G with order n and κk(G) = t. We also compute the exact values and bounds for another parameter f(n, k, t) which is defined as the minimum size of a connected graph G with order n and κk(G) = t, where 1 ≤ t ≤ n − k and k ≥ 3.},
author = {Yuefang Sun},
journal = {Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory},
keywords = {k-connectivity; generalized connectivity; connectivity},
language = {eng},
number = {3},
pages = {623-632},
title = {On the Maximum and Minimum Sizes of a Graph with Givenk-Connectivity},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/288543},
volume = {37},
year = {2017},
}

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AB - The concept of k-connectivity κk(G), introduced by Chartrand in 1984, is a generalization of the cut-version of the classical connectivity. For an integer k ≥ 2, the k-connectivity of a connected graph G with order n ≥ k is the smallest number of vertices whose removal from G produces a graph with at least k components or a graph with fewer than k vertices. In this paper, we get a sharp upper bound for the size of G with κk(G) = t, where 1 ≤ t ≤ n − k and k ≥ 3; moreover, the unique extremal graph is given. Based on this result, we get the exact values for the maximum size, denoted by g(n, k, t), of a connected graph G with order n and κk(G) = t. We also compute the exact values and bounds for another parameter f(n, k, t) which is defined as the minimum size of a connected graph G with order n and κk(G) = t, where 1 ≤ t ≤ n − k and k ≥ 3.
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