A k-connected graph such that deleting any edge / deleting any vertex /
contracting any edge results in a graph which is not k-connected is called
minimally / critically / contraction-critically k-connected. These three
classes play a prominent role in graph connectivity theory, and we give a brief
introduction with a light emphasis on reduction- and construction theorems for
classes of k-connected graphs.Comment: IMADA-preprint-math, 33 page