Classification of Reconfiguration Graphs of Shortest Path Graphs With No Induced $4$-cycles

Abstract

For any graph $G$ with $a,b\in V(G)$, a shortest path reconfiguration graph can be formed with respect to $a$ and $b$; we denote such a graph as $S(G,a,b)$. The vertex set of $S(G,a,b)$ is the set of all shortest paths from $a$ to $b$ in $G$ while two vertices $U,W$ in $V(S(G,a,b))$ are adjacent if and only if the vertex sets of the paths that represent $U$ and $W$ differ in exactly one vertex. In a recent paper [Asplund et al., \textit{Reconfiguration graphs of shortest paths}, Discrete Mathematics \textbf{341} (2018), no. 10, 2938--2948], it was shown that shortest path graphs with girth five or greater are exactly disjoint unions of even cycles and paths. In this paper, we extend this result by classifying all shortest path graphs with no induced $4$-cycles.