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广西科学GuangxiSciences2010，17(4)：287～291 ContractibleEdgesofk—connectedGraphs k一连通 图的可收缩边 QIN Cheng—fu，TAN Li 覃城阜，谭 丽 (SchoolofM athematicsScience，GuangxiTeachersEducationUniversity，Nanning，Guangxi， 530023，China) (广西师范学院数学科学学院，广西南宁 530023) Abstract：Thispapershow thatak～connectedgraphG hasatleasttwocontractibleedgesifany fragmentwhichneighbOrhO0dc。ntainsanedgehascardinalityexceeding鲁． Keywords：k—connectedgraph，contractibleedge，fragment 摘要 ：ia!u)~Txq 一连通 图G，若G的任意一个断片满足当N (F)中含有边就有 IFl —k ， 则G至少有 2条可收 缩 边． 关键词 ：k一连通 图 可收缩边 断片 中图法分类号 ：O175．5 文献标识码 ：A 文章编号：1005—9164(2010)04—0287—05 Letk be apositive integer，G ak —connected show thateveryk(是≥ 4)一connected graph such graph．An edgeofG issaid to beak—contractible thatany fragmentwhoseneighborhood containsan edgeifitscontraction yieldsagain ak —connected edgehascardinalityexceeding鲁hasac。ntractible graph．ByTuttesfamousresult[ ，any3-connected edge．ThisimprovetheresultofY．Egawa．Inthis graphwithorderatleast5hasa3-contractibleedge． Butfor忌≥ 4，Thomassen[ showthattherearein— paper，wewillshow thateveryk(志≥ 4)一connected graphsuch thatany fragmentwhoseneighborhood finitelymanyk——connectedk——regulargraphswhich donothaveanyk—contractibleedge．So，thecon— c。ntainsanedgehascardinality exceeding k has at traction—criticalk—connectedgraphfork≥ 4wasin— leasttwocontractibleedges． troduced．which isthenon—completek—connected graphwithoutk—contractibleedges．Thecontrac— 1 Prelim inaries tion—critical4一connected graphsare characterized， W e only consider finite simple undirected