Li Qiong XU, Xiao Feng GUO
An edge e of a k-connected graph G is said to be a removable edge if G θ e is still kconnected, where G θ e denotes the graph obtained from G by deleting e to get G - e, and for any end vertex of e with degree k - 1 in G - e, say x, delete x, and then add edges between any pair of non-adjacent vertices in NG-e(x). The existence of removable edges of k-connected graphs and some properties of 3-connected graphs and 4-connected graphs have been investigated. In the present paper, we investigate some properties of k-connected graphs and study the distribution of removable edges on a cycle in a k-connected graph (k ≥ 4).