Title
Path 3-(edge-)connectivity of lexicographic product graphs
Abstract
Dirac showed that in a (k−1)-connected graph there is a path through all the k vertices. The path k-connectivity πk(G) of a graph G, which is a generalization of Dirac’s notion, was introduced by Hager in 1986. As a natural counterpart of path k-connectivity, the concept of path k-edge-connectivity ωk(G) of a graph G was introduced. Denote by H∘G the lexicographic product of two graphs H and G. In this paper, for a 2-connected graph G and a graph H, we show π3(G∘H)≥|V(H)| and ω3(G∘H)≥3⌊|V(H)|∕2⌋+r, where r=|V(H)|(mod2). Moreover, the bound is sharp. In addition, the upper bounds for path 3-(edge-)connectivity of the lexicographic product of a connected graph and some specific graphs are obtained.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.dam.2019.11.014
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Connectivity,S-Steiner paths,Path 3-connectivity,Path 3-edge-connectivity,Lexicographic product
Journal
282
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0166-218X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tianlong Ma1175.69
Jinling Wang2296.52
Mingzu Zhang361.10
Xiaodong Liang400.68