The Interval Function of a Connected Graph and a Characterization of Geodetic Graphs
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The interval function (in the sense of H.M.Mulder) is an important tool for studying those properties of a connected graph that depend on the distance between vertices. An axiomatic characterization of the interval function of a connected graph was published by Nebeský in 1994. In Section 2 of the present paper, a simpler and shorter proof of that characterization will be given. In Section 3, a characterization of geodetic graphs will be established; this characterization will utilize properties of the interval function.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002