Edge-disjoint trees containing some given vertices in a graph

  • Authors:
  • Matthias Kriesell

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Mathematics (A), Univ. Hannover, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We show that for any two natural numbers k, l there exist (smallest natural numbers fl(k)(gl(k)) such that for any fl(k)-edge-connected (gl(k)-edge-connected) vertex set A of a graph G with |A| ≤ l(|V(G) - A| ≤ l) there exists a system J of k edge-disjoint trees such that A ⊆ V(T) for each T ∈ J. We determine f3(k) = ⌊ 8k+3/6 ⌋. Furthermore, we determine for all natural numbers l,k the smallest number fl*(k) such that every fl*(k)-edge-connected graph on at most l vertices contains a system of k edge-disjoint spanning trees, and give applications to line graphs.