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When Two-Holed Torus Graphs are Hamiltonian

Combinatorics 2016-09-07 v1

Abstract

Trotter and Erd\"os found conditions for when a directed m×nm \times n grid graph on a torus is Hamiltonian. We consider the analogous graphs on a two-holed torus, and study their Hamiltonicity. We find an O(n4)\mathcal{O}(n^4) algorithm to determine the Hamiltonicity of one of these graphs and an O(log(n))\mathcal{O}(\log(n)) algorithm to find the number of diagonals, which are sets of vertices that force the directions of edges in any Hamiltonian cycle. We also show that there is a periodicity pattern in the graphs' Hamiltonicities if one of the sides of the grid is fixed; and we completely classify which graphs are Hamiltonian in the cases where n=mn=m, n=2n=2, the m×nm \times n graph has 11 diagonal, or the m2×n2\frac{m}{2} \times \frac{n}{2} graph has 11 diagonal.

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@article{arxiv.1609.01367,
  title  = {When Two-Holed Torus Graphs are Hamiltonian},
  author = {Dhruv Rohatgi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01367},
  year   = {2016}
}

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35 pages and 9 figures

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