English

Cycles and paths through specified vertices in graphs with a given clique number

Combinatorics 2025-02-12 v1

Abstract

B. Bollob\'{a}s and G. Brightwell and independently R. Shi proved the existence of a cycle through all vertices whose degrees at least n2\frac{n}{2} in any 22-connected graph of order nn. Motivated by this result, we prove the existence of a cycle through all vertices whose degrees at least nωn-\omega in any 22-connected graph GG of order nn with clique number ω\omega unless GG is a specific graph. Moreover, we show that for any pair of vertices whose degrees are at least nω+1n-\omega+1 in a graph GG of order nn with clique number ω\omega, there exists a path joining them which contains all vertices of degree at least nω+1n-\omega+1 unless GG belongs to certain graph classes. In doing so, we prove the existence of a (u,v)(u,v)-path through all vertices whose degrees at least n+12\frac{n+1}{2} in any graph of order nn, where u,vu,v are two distinct vertices of degree at least n+12\frac{n+1}{2}.

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@article{arxiv.2502.07534,
  title  = {Cycles and paths through specified vertices in graphs with a given clique number},
  author = {Chengli Li and Leyou Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.07534},
  year   = {2025}
}
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