Independence free graphs and vertex connectivity augmentation Bill Jackson ? and
Independence free graphs and vertex connectivity augmentation Bill Jackson ? and
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独立自由图和顶点连接增强比尔·杰克逊?
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2001
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T. Jordán
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作者:
T. Jordán
Given an undirected graph G and a positive integer k, the k-vertex-connectivity augmentation problem is to find a smallest set F of new edges for which G+F is k-vertex-connected. Polynomial algorithms for this problem have been found only for k ≤ 4 and a major open question in graph connectivity is whether this problem is solvable in polynomial time in general. In this paper we develop an algorithm which delivers an optimal solution in polynomial time for every fixed k. In the case when the size of an optimal solution is large compared to k, we also give a min-max formula for the size of a smallest augmenting set. A key step in our proofs is a complete solution of the augmentation problem for a new family of graphs which we call k-independence free graphs. We also prove new splitting off theorems for vertex connectivity.