Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions

Given a finite, simple graph G, the k-component order connectivity (resp. edge connectivity) of G is the minimum number of vertices (resp. edges) whose removal results in a subgraph in which every component has an order of at most k − 1. In general, determining the k-component order edge connectivit...

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Main Author: Michael R. Yatauro
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Published: Georgia Southern University 2025-01-01
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description Given a finite, simple graph G, the k-component order connectivity (resp. edge connectivity) of G is the minimum number of vertices (resp. edges) whose removal results in a subgraph in which every component has an order of at most k − 1. In general, determining the k-component order edge connectivity of a graph is NP-hard. We identify conditions on the vertex degrees of G that can be used to imply a lower bound on the k-component order edge connectivity of G. We will discuss the process for generating such conditions for a lower bound of 1 or 2, and we explore how the complexity increases when the desired lower bound is 3 or more. In the process, we provide new proofs of related results concerning k component order connectivity, and we prove some relevant results about integer partitions.
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Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions
Theory and Applications of Graphs
component order connectivity
component order edge connectivity
degree sequence
best monotone
integer partition
title Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions
title_full Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions
title_fullStr Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions
title_full_unstemmed Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions
title_short Component Order Edge Connectivity, Vertex Degrees, and Integer Partitions
title_sort component order edge connectivity vertex degrees and integer partitions
topic component order connectivity
component order edge connectivity
degree sequence
best monotone
integer partition
url https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/tag/vol12/iss1/1/
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