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Hamiltonian cycles in $ 15 $-tough ($ P_{3}\cup 3P_{1} $)-free graphs

Combinatorics 2025-07-04 v3

Abstract

A graph G G is called t t -tough if Stw(GS) \left|S\right|\geq t\cdot w\left(G-S\right) for every cutset S S of GG. Chv\'atal conjectured that there exists a constant t0 t_{0} such that every t0 t_{0} -tough graph has a hamiltonian cycle. Gao and Shan have proved that every 77-tough (P32P1)(P_{3}\cup 2P_{1})-free grah is hamiltonian. In this paper, we confirm this conjecture for (P33P1) (P_{3}\cup 3P_{1}) -free graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2505.04189,
  title  = {Hamiltonian cycles in $ 15 $-tough ($ P_{3}\cup 3P_{1} $)-free graphs},
  author = {Hui Ma and Lili Hao and Weihua Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.04189},
  year   = {2025}
}