DOE OSTI · 1843013
Spectral Threshold for Extremal Cyclic Edge-Connectivity
Abstract
In this report, the cyclic edge-connectivity of a graph G is the least k such that there exists a set of k edges whose removal disconnects G into components where every component contains a cycle. We show that for graphs of minimum degree at least 3 and girth g at least 4, the cyclic edge-connectivity is bounded above by (Δ-2)g where Δ is the maximum degree. We then prove that if the second eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a d-regular graph of girth g ≥ 4 is sufficiently small, then the cyclic edge-connectivity is (d-2)g, providing a spectral condition for when this upper bound on cyclic edge-connectivity is tight.
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Aksoy, Sinan G., Kempton, Mark, Young, Stephen J.. 2021-06-15. Spectral Threshold for Extremal Cyclic Edge-Connectivity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-021-02333-6
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