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Distance hereditary graphs G of connectivity two or three and diam(G) = diam() = 3 are reconstructible

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A graph is said to be reconstructible if it is determined up to isomorphism from the collection of all its one-vertex deleted unlabeled subgraphs. It is shown that all distance hereditary graphs G of connectivity two or three and diam(G) = diam() = 3 are reconstructible.

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Correspondence to P. Devi Priya or S. Monikandan.

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Monikandan’s research is supported by the SERB-DST, Govt. of India. Grant No. EMR/2016/000157.

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Devi Priya, P., Monikandan, S. Distance hereditary graphs G of connectivity two or three and diam(G) = diam() = 3 are reconstructible. Indian J Pure Appl Math 50, 477–484 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13226-019-0339-2

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