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A characterization of minimally connected graphs without 2-clique cutsets
Clique cutsets are an important tool for studying both graph decomposition and graph characterization. For an integer , a -clique cutset of a connected graph is a -clique whose removal disconnects the graph. The family of minimally connected graphs without 1-clique cutsets is just the family of minimally 2-connected graphs, which was characterized by Dirac in 1967. Dirac also proved that each minimally 2-connected graph has no triangles. In this paper, we characterize the family of minimally connected graphs without 2-clique cutsets, and show that each minimally connected graph without 2-clique cutsets also has no triangles.
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