On the Super (Edge)-Connectivity of Generalized Johnson Graphs

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be non-negative integers. The generalized Johnson graph [Formula: see text] is the graph whose vertices are the [Formula: see text]-subsets of the set [Formula: see text], and two vertices are adjacent if and only if they intersect with [Formula: see text] elements. Special cases of generalized Johnson graph include the Kneser graph [Formula: see text] and the Johnson graph [Formula: see text]. These graphs play an important role in coding theory, Ramsey theory, combinatorial geometry and hypergraphs theory. In this paper, we discuss the connectivity properties of the Kneser graph [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] by their symmetric properties. Specifically, with the help of some properties of vertex/edge-transitive graphs we prove that [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] are super restricted edge-connected. Besides, we obtain the exact value of the restricted edge-connectivity and the cyclic edge-connectivity of the Kneser graph [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text], and further show that the Kneser graph [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] is super vertex-connected and super cyclically edge-connected.