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7-Connected Graphs are 4-Ordered

Combinatorics 2020-01-01 v3

Abstract

A graph GG is kk-ordered if for any distinct vertices v1,v2,,vkV(G)v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_k \in V(G), it has a cycle through v1,v2,,vkv_1, v_2, \ldots, v_k in order. Let f(k)f(k) denote the minimum integer so that every f(k)f(k)-connected graph is kk-ordered. The first non-trivial case of determining f(k)f(k) is when k=4k=4, where the previously best known bounds are 7f(4)407 \leq f(4) \leq 40. We prove that in fact f(4)=7f(4)=7.

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@article{arxiv.1808.05124,
  title  = {7-Connected Graphs are 4-Ordered},
  author = {Rose McCarty and Yan Wang and Xingxing Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.05124},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

21 pages, 1 figure. Revised version