{"title":"Linkages and removable paths avoiding vertices","authors":"Xiying Du, Yanjia Li, Shijie Xie , Xingxing Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jctb.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A graph <em>G</em> is <span><math><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>-linked if, for any distinct vertices <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> in <em>G</em>, there exist disjoint connected subgraphs <span><math><mi>A</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>B</mi></math></span> of <em>G</em> such that <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>∈</mo><mi>V</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub><mo>∈</mo><mi>V</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>B</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. A fundamental result in structural graph theory is the characterization of <span><math><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span>-linked graphs. It appears to be difficult to characterize <span><math><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>-linked graphs for <span><math><mi>m</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn></math></span>. In this paper, we provide a partial characterization of <span><math><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>-linked graphs. This implies that every <span><math><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>m</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span>-connected graphs <em>G</em> is <span><math><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>-linked and for any distinct vertices <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> of <em>G</em>, there is a path <em>P</em> in <em>G</em> between <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> and avoiding <span><math><mo>{</mo><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>}</mo></math></span> such that <span><math><mi>G</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>P</mi></math></span> is connected, improving a previous connectivity bound of 10<em>m</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095895624000595","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A graph G is -linked if, for any distinct vertices in G, there exist disjoint connected subgraphs of G such that and . A fundamental result in structural graph theory is the characterization of -linked graphs. It appears to be difficult to characterize -linked graphs for . In this paper, we provide a partial characterization of -linked graphs. This implies that every -connected graphs G is -linked and for any distinct vertices of G, there is a path P in G between and and avoiding such that is connected, improving a previous connectivity bound of 10m.
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