Minimum Cycle Bases of Product Graphs
Wilfried Imrich, Peter Florian Stadler · 2001
A construction for a minimal cycle basis for the Cartesian and the strong product of two graphs from the minimal length cycle bases of the factors is presented. Furthermore, we derive asymptotic expressions for the average length of the cycles in the minimal cycle bases of the powers (iterated products) of graphs. In the limit only triangles and squares play a role.