ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

A note on minimally 3-connected graphs

Authors 1, 2, 1

Affiliations

  1. Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F. 04510
  2. Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, México D.F. 09340

Abstract

If G is a minimally 3-connected graph and C is a double cover of the set of edges of G by irreducible walks, then |E(G)| ≥ 2| C| - 2.

Keywords

minimally 3-connected, walk double cover

Bibliography

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  3. W. Mader, Minimale n-fach zusammenhängende Graphen mit maximaler Kantenzahl, J. Reine Angew. Math. 249 (1971) 201-207, doi: 10.1515/crll.1971.249.201.
Pages:
115-123
Main language of publication
English
Received
2002-02-26
Accepted
2002-11-13
Published
2004
Exact and natural sciences