Given an undirected graph G = (V,E), a vertex k-cut of G is a vertex subset of V the removing of which disconnects the graph in at least k connected components. Given a graph G and an integer k ≥ 2, the vertex k-cut problem consists in finding a vertex k-cut of G of minimum cardinality. We first prove that the problem is NP-hard for any fixed k ≥ 3. We then present a compact formulation, and an...

A graph G is said to be hyper-connected if the removal of every minimum cut creates exactly two connected components, one of which is an isolated vertex. In this paper, we first generalize the concept of hyper-connected graphs to that of semi-hyper-connected graphs: a graph G is called semi-hyper-connected if the removal of every minimum cut of G creates exactly two components. Then we characte...

For a (molecular) graph, the first Zagreb index M1 is equal to the sum of squares of the vertex degrees, and the second Zagreb index M2 is equal to the sum of products of degrees of pairs of adjacent vertices. In this paper, we study the Zagreb indices of n-vertex connected graphs with k cut vertices, the upper bound for M1and M2-values of n-vertex connected graphs with k cut vertices are deter...

The vertex-edge Wiener polynomials of a simple connected graph are defined based on the distances between vertices and edges of that graph. The first derivative of these polynomials at one are called the vertex-edge Wiener indices. In this paper, we express some basic properties of the first and second vertex-edge Wiener polynomials of simple connected graphs and compare the first and second ve...

‎the annihilator graph $ag(r)$ of a commutative ring $r$ is a simple undirected graph with the vertex set $z(r)^*$ and two distinct vertices are adjacent if and only if $ann(x) cup ann(y)$ $ neq $ $ann(xy)$‎. ‎in this paper we give the sufficient condition for a graph $ag(r)$ to be complete‎. ‎we characterize rings for which $ag(r)$ is a regular graph‎, ‎we show that $gamma (ag(r))in {1,2}$ and...

Mycielski introduced a new graph transformation μ(G) for graph G, which is called the Mycielskian of G. A graph G is super connected or simply super-κ (resp. super edge connected or super-λ), if every minimum vertex cut (resp. minimum edge cut) isolates a vertex of G. In this paper, we show that for a connected graph G with |V (G)| ≥ 2, μ(G) is super-κ if and only if δ(G) < 2κ(G), and μ(G) is s...

OF THE DISSERTATION On Generation of Cut Conjunctions, Minimal k-Connected Spanning Subgraphs, Minimal Connected and Spanning Subsets and Vertices by Konrad Borys Dissertation Director: Professor Endre Boros We consider the following problems: • Cut conjunctions in graphs: given an undirected graphG = (V,E) and a collection of vertex pairs B ⊆ V × V generate all minimal edge sets X ⊆ E such tha...

let $g$ be a connected graph with vertex set $v(g)$‎. ‎the‎ ‎degree resistance distance of $g$ is defined as $d_r(g) = sum_{{u‎,‎v} subseteq v(g)} [d(u)+d(v)] r(u,v)$‎, ‎where $d(u)$ is the degree‎ ‎of vertex $u$‎, ‎and $r(u,v)$ denotes the resistance distance between‎ ‎$u$ and $v$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we characterize $n$-vertex unicyclic‎ ‎graphs having minimum and second minimum degree resista...