We present an efficient NG algorithm for finding a sparse k-edge-connectivi
ty certificate of a multigraph G. Our algorithm runs in O((log kn)(log k)(2
)(log n)(2)) time using O(k(n + m')) processors on an ARBITRARY CRCW PRAM,
where n. and m' stand for the numbers of vertices in G and edges in the sim
plified graph of G, respectively. (C) 2001 Academic Press.