Every DFS tree of a 3-connected graph contains a contractible edge

Amr Ahmed Abd Elmoneim Elmasry, Kurt Mehlhorn, Jens M. Schmidt

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Abstract

Tutte proved that every 3-connected graph G on more than 4 vertices contains a contractible edge. We strengthen this result by showing that every depth-first-search tree of G contains a contractible edge. Moreover, we show that every spanning tree of G contains a contractible edge if G is 3-regular or if G does not contain two disjoint pairs of adjacent degree-3 vertices.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Graph Theory
Vol/bind72
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)112-121
Antal sider10
ISSN0364-9024
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jan. 2013

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