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The minimum edge-pancyclic graph of a given order

Combinatorics 2025-11-04 v3

Abstract

A graph GG of order nn is called edge-pancyclic if, for every integer kk with 3kn3 \leq k \leq n, every edge of GG lies in a cycle of length kk. Determining the minimum size f(n)f(n) of a simple edge-pancyclic graph with nn vertices seems difficult. Recently, Li, Liu and Zhan \cite{li2024minimum} gave both a lower bound and an upper bound of f(n)f(n). In this paper, we improve their lower bound by considering a new class of graphs and improve the upper bound by constructing a family of edge-pancyclic graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2503.05506,
  title  = {The minimum edge-pancyclic graph of a given order},
  author = {Xiamiao Zhao and Yuxuan Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.05506},
  year   = {2025}
}
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