“…For convenience, we assume n is the last vertex added on G(T ), that is, the degree of n in G(T ) is k. And we call a vertex of degree k in T k,n is a leaf. Moreover, we assume k ≥ 2, as the case for k = 1 has been considered in [8,26]. One most important property of transposition networks is the hierarchical structure, which is particularly useful in our inductive arguments.…”