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The Pairing-Hamiltonian property in graph prisms

Combinatorics 2025-02-25 v2

Abstract

Let GG be a graph of even order, and consider KGK_G as the complete graph on the same vertex set as GG. A perfect matching of KGK_G is called a pairing of GG. If for every pairing MM of GG it is possible to find a perfect matching NN of GG such that MNM \cup N is a Hamiltonian cycle of KGK_G, then GG is said to have the Pairing-Hamiltonian property, or PH-property, for short. In 2007, Fink [J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 97] proved that for every d2d\geq 2, the dd-dimensional hypercube Qd\mathcal{Q}_d has the PH-property, thus proving a conjecture posed by Kreweras in 1996. In this paper we extend Fink's result by proving that given a graph GG having the PH-property, the prism graph P(G)\mathcal{P}(G) of GG has the PH-property as well. Moreover, if GG is a connected graph, we show that there exists a positive integer k0k_0 such that the kthk^{\textrm{th}}-prism of a graph Pk(G)\mathcal{P}^k(G) has the PH-property for all kk0k \ge k_0.

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@article{arxiv.2307.04545,
  title  = {The Pairing-Hamiltonian property in graph prisms},
  author = {Marién Abreu and Giuseppe Mazzuoccolo and Federico Romaniello and Jean Paul Zerafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.04545},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures

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