Strong Matching Preclusion of Arrangement Graphs

The strong matching preclusion number of a graph is the minimum number of vertices and edges whose deletion results in a graph with neither perfect matchings nor almost-perfect matchings. This is an extension of the matching preclusion problem that was introduced by Park and Ihm. The class of arrangement graphs was introduced as a common generalization of the star graphs and alternating group graphs, and to provide an even richer class of interconnection networks. In this paper, the goal is to find the strong matching preclusion number of arrangement graphs and to categorize all optimal strong matching preclusion sets of these graphs.