期刊名称:AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics
印刷版ISSN:0972-8600
出版年度:2018
卷号:15
期号:2
页码:202-210
DOI:10.1016/j.akcej.2017.09.002
语种:English
出版社:Elsevier
摘要:AbstractLetGbe a 4-connected graph, and letẼ(G)denote the set of those edges ofGwhich are not contained in a triangle, and letEc(G)denote the set of 4-contractible edges ofG. We show that if3≤|Ẽ(G)|≤4or|Ẽ(G)|≥7, then|Ec(G)|≥(|Ẽ(G)|+8)∕4unlessGhas one of the three specified configurations.