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A generalization of a theorem of Nash-Williams

Combinatorics 2021-06-17 v1

Abstract

In 1972, Chvatal gave a well-known sufficient condition for a graphical sequence to be forcibly hamiltonian, and showed that in some sense his condition is best possible. Nash-Williams gave examples of forcibly hamiltonian n-sequences that do not satisfy Chvatla's condition for every n at least 5. In this note we generalize the Nash-Williams examples, and use this generalization to generate \Omega(2^n/n^.5) forcibly hamiltonian n-sequences that do not satisfy Chvatal's condition

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@article{arxiv.2106.08735,
  title  = {A generalization of a theorem of Nash-Williams},
  author = {D. Bauer and L. Lesniak and E. Schmeichel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.08735},
  year   = {2021}
}