Connectivity: properties and structure
Connectivity is one of the central concepts of graph theory, from both a theoret- ical and a practical point of view. Its theoretical implications are mainly based on the existence of nice max-min characterization results, such as Menger’s theorems. In these theorems, one condition which is clearly...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/22004 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/22004 https://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16132 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Graph theory Graph Theory Connectivity Grafs, Teoria de 05C Graph theory Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica discreta::Combinatòria |
| Sumario: | Connectivity is one of the central concepts of graph theory, from both a theoret- ical and a practical point of view. Its theoretical implications are mainly based on the existence of nice max-min characterization results, such as Menger’s theorems. In these theorems, one condition which is clearly necessary also turns out to be sufficient. Moreover, these results are closely related to some other key theorems in graph theory: Ford and Fulkerson’s theorem about flows and Hall’s theorem on perfect matchings. With respect to the applications, the study of connectivity parameters of graphs and digraphs is of great interest in the design of reliable and fault-tolerant interconnection or communication networks. Since graph connectivity has been so widely studied, we limit ourselves here to the presentation of some of the key results dealing with finite simple graphs and digraphs. For results about infinite graphs and connectivity algorithms the reader can consult, for instance, Aharoni and Diestel [AhDi94], Gibbons [Gi85], Halin [Ha00], Henzinger, Rao, and Gabow [HeRaGa00], Wigderson [Wi92]. For further details, we refer the reader to some of the good textbooks and surveys available on the subject: Berge [Be76], Bermond, Homobono, and Peyrat [BeHoPe89], Frank [Fr90, Fr94, Fr95], Gross and Yellen [GrYe06], Hellwig and Volkmann [HeVo08], Lov ´asz [Lo93], Mader [Ma79], Oellermann [Oe96], Tutte [Tu66]. |
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