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An Upper Bound on the Number of Edges of a 2-Connected Graph

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

POU-LIN WU
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4918, USA

Abstract

Let G be a loopless 2-connected graph whose largest cycle has c edges, and whose largest bond has c* edges. We show that |E(G)| [les ] ½cc*.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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