SHANDONG SCIENCE ›› 2016, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 75-79.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2016.04.015

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Sufficient conditions of a maximally 3-isoperimetric edge connected graph

XU Zi-jun,ZHANG Lei*   

  1. School of Mathematics, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong 030600, China
  • Received:2015-10-19 Online:2016-08-20 Published:2016-08-20

Abstract:

k-isoperimetric edge connectivity is a more reliable network reliability index than edge connectivity. k-isoperimetric edge connectivity of a connected graph G is defined as γk(G)=min{[X,X-]:XV(G),X≥k,X-≥k},where X-=V(G)\X. Let βk(G)=min{[X,X-]:XV(G),X=k}. A graph G is maximally k-isoperimetric edge connected if  γk(G)=βk(G). Let G be a connected graph of at least order 6. We prove that for any pair of nonadjacent vertices u,v in G, N(u)∩N(v)≥2 holds when u and v are not on a triangle. If N(u)∩N(v)≥5 holds for u or v on a triangle, then G is maximally 3isoperimetric edge connected.

Key words: maximally k-isoperimetric edge connected graph, k-isoperimetric edge connectivity, neighborhood, interconnection networks

CLC Number: 

  • O157.6