A Note on the Edge-Connectivity of Cages

A $(k;g)$-graph is a $k$-regular graph with girth $g$. A $(k;g)$-cage is a $(k;g)$-graph with the smallest possible number of vertices. In this paper we prove that $(k;g)$-cages are $k$-edge-connected if $k \geq 3$ and $g$ is odd.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Electronic journal of combinatorics 2003-04, Vol.10 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Ping, Xu, Baoguang, Wang, Jianfang
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A $(k;g)$-graph is a $k$-regular graph with girth $g$. A $(k;g)$-cage is a $(k;g)$-graph with the smallest possible number of vertices. In this paper we prove that $(k;g)$-cages are $k$-edge-connected if $k \geq 3$ and $g$ is odd.
ISSN:1077-8926
1077-8926
DOI:10.37236/1742