On average connectivity of the strong product of graphs

The average connectivity κ(G) of a graph G is the average, over all pairs of vertices, of the maximum number of internally disjoint paths connecting these vertices. The connectivity κ(G) can be seen as the minimum, over all pairs of vertices, of the maximum number of internally disjoint paths connec...

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Autores: Abajo Casado, María Encarnación, Moreno Casablanca, Rocío, Diánez Martínez, Ana Rosa, García Vázquez, Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/69459
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/69459
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2013.06.005
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Average connectivity
Strong Product Graphs
Maximally connected graphs
Average degree
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Sumario:The average connectivity κ(G) of a graph G is the average, over all pairs of vertices, of the maximum number of internally disjoint paths connecting these vertices. The connectivity κ(G) can be seen as the minimum, over all pairs of vertices, of the maximum number of internally disjoint paths connecting these vertices. The connectivity and the average connectivity are upper bounded by the minimum degree δ(G) and the average degree d(G) of G, respectively. In this paper the average connectivity of the strong product G1 G2 of two connected graphs G1 and G2 is studied. A sharp lower bound for this parameter is obtained. As a consequence, we prove that κ(G1 G2) = d(G1 G2) if κ(Gi) = d(Gi), i = 1, 2. Also we deduce that κ(G1 G2) = δ(G1 G2) if κ(Gi) = δ(Gi), i = 1, 2.