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On the existence of $$k$$ edge-disjoint 2-connected spanning subgraphs. (English) Zbl 1075.05050
Summary: We prove that every $$6k$$-connected graph contains $$k$$ edge-disjoint rigid (and hence 2-connected) spanning subgraphs. By using this result we can settle special cases of two conjectures, due to Kriesell and Thomassen, respectively: we show that every 12-connected graph $$G$$ has a spanning tree $$T$$ for which $$G-E(T)$$ is 2-connected, and that every 18-connected graph has a 2-connected orientation.

##### MSC:
 05C40 Connectivity 05B35 Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices
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