scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1334630

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The super line graph of index \(r\), denoted by \({\mathcal L}_r(G)\) is defined for any graph \(G\) with at least \(r\) edges. Its vertices are the sets of \(r\) edges of \(G\), and two such sets are adjacent if an edge of one is adjacent to an edge of the other. The authors prove the following results: (1) Let \(G\) be a graph with at least \(r\) edges. Then the independence number of \({\mathcal L}_r(G)\) is \(\alpha({\mathcal L}_r(G))= \left(\begin{smallmatrix} \alpha'(G)\\ r\end{smallmatrix}\right)\). Furthermore, if \(S\) is a maximum independent set of vertices in \({\mathcal L}_r(G)\), then either (i) \(S= \left(\begin{smallmatrix} X\\ r\end{smallmatrix}\right)\) for some maximum independent set \(X\) of edges of \(G\), or (ii) \(S\) consists of \(r+1\) disjoint stars \(K_{1,r}\), or (iii) \(r= 3\) and the vertices in \(S\) are \(K_{1,3}\)'s or \(K_3\)'s. (2) If \(G\) is a graph with no isolated edges, then the index-2 super line graph \({\mathcal L}_2(G)\) is vertex-pancyclic. The authors also raise some open questions.











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