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Heavy subgraph conditions for longest cycles to be heavy in graphs

Combinatorics 2011-09-23 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a graph on nn vertices. A vertex of GG with degree at least n/2n/2 is called a heavy vertex, and a cycle of GG which contains all the heavy vertices of GG is called a heavy cycle. In this paper, we characterize the graphs which contain no heavy cycles. For a given graph HH, we say that GG is HH-\emph{heavy} if every induced subgraph of GG isomorphic to HH contains two nonadjacent vertices with degree sum at least nn. We find all the connected graphs SS such that a 2-connected graph GG being SS-heavy implies any longest cycle of GG is a heavy cycle.

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@article{arxiv.1109.4675,
  title  = {Heavy subgraph conditions for longest cycles to be heavy in graphs},
  author = {Binlong Li and Shenggui Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.4675},
  year   = {2011}
}