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A Note on the Middle Levels Conjecture

Discrete Mathematics 2011-09-30 v2

Abstract

The middle levels conjecture asserts that there is a Hamiltonian cycle in the middle two levels of 2k+12k+1-dimensional hypercube. The conjecture is known to be true for k17k \leq 17 [I.Shields, B.J.Shields and C.D.Savage, Disc. Math., 309, 5271--5277 (2009)]. In this note, we verify that the conjecture is also true for k=18k=18 by constructing a Hamiltonian cycle in the middle two levels of 37-dimensional hypercube with the aid of the computer. We achieve this by introducing a new decomposition technique and an efficient algorithm for ordering the Narayana objects.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0912.4564,
  title  = {A Note on the Middle Levels Conjecture},
  author = {Manabu Shimada and Kazuyuki Amano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.4564},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

10 pages, 7 figures; Note on the results of k=19 is added at the end of the paper

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