Volume 15, Number 6, 545-549, DOI: 10.1007/BF02848326

On the connectivity index for lattices of nonintegral dimensionality

Deepak Dhar

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Abstract

We define the connectivity indexc for an infinite graph by the requirement that to disconnect a subset of at leastV points from the rest of the graph requires the deletion of a minimum ofS(V) bonds whereS(V) ∼V (c−1)/c for largeV. For ad-dimensional hypercubical lattice withd integral,c=d. We construct explicit examples of lattices with nonintegral connectivity indexc, 1<c<∞. It is argued that the connectivity index is an important parameter determining the critical behaviour of Hamiltonians on these lattices.

Keywords  Graph theory - nonintegral dimension - connectivity index

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