The neighborhood or two-step graph, \(N(G)\), of a graph \(G\) is the intersection graph of the open neighborhoods of the vertices of \(G\), and \(L(G)\) is the line graph of \(G\). The class of graphs for which \(N[L(G)] \equiv L[N(G)]\) consists of those graphs for which every component is either \(K_1\), \(K_{1,3}\), or \(C_n\) where \(n \geq 3\) and \(n \neq 4\).
Citation
Mary M.Miller, Robert C.Brigham, Ronald D.Dutton. An Equation Involving the Neighborhood (Two-Step) and Line Graphs[J], Ars Combinatoria, Volume 052. 33-50. .