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A graph $G$ is $\{F_{1}, F_{2},\dots,F_{k}\}$-free if $G$ contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to any $F_{i}$ $(1\leq i \leq k)$. A connected graph $G$ is a split graph if its vertex set can be partitioned into a clique and an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Tao Tian , Fengming Dong

A graph $G$ is Hamiltonian-connected if there exists a Hamiltonian path between any two vertices of $G$. It is known that if $G$ is 2-connected then the graph $G^2$ is Hamiltonian-connected. In this paper we prove that the square of every…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Ashok Kumar Das , Indrajit Paul

In 1999, Jacobson and Lehel conjectured that for $k \geq 3$, every $k$-regular Hamiltonian graph has cycles of at least linearly many different lengths. This was further strengthened by Verstra\"{e}te, who asked whether the regularity can…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-16 Matija Bucić , Lior Gishboliner , Benny Sudakov

It is proved that if a graph is regular of even degree and contains a Hamilton cycle, or regular of odd degree and contains a Hamiltonian $3$-factor, then its line graph is Hamilton decomposable. This result partially extends Kotzig's…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-12-03 Darryn Bryant , Sara Herke , Barbara Maenhaut , Benjamin R. Smith

It is a longstanding conjecture that every simple drawing of a complete graph on $n \geq 3$ vertices contains a crossing-free Hamiltonian cycle. We strengthen this conjecture to "there exists a crossing-free Hamiltonian path between each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Oswin Aichholzer , Joachim Orthaber , Birgit Vogtenhuber

We revisit results obtained in [F. Harary, U. Peled, Hamiltonian threshold graphs, Discrete Appl.~Math., 16 (1987), 11--15], where several necessary and necessary and sufficient conditions for a connected threshold graph to be Hamiltonian…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-17 Milica Andelic , Tamara Koledin , Zoran Stanic

Barnette's Conjecture claims that all cubic, 3-connected, planar, bipartite graphs are Hamiltonian. We give a translation of this conjecture into the matching-theoretic setting. This allows us to relax the requirement of planarity to give…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-17 Maximilian Gorsky , Raphael Steiner , Sebastian Wiederrecht

A Hamilton cycle is a cycle containing every vertex of a graph. A graph is called Hamiltonian if it contains a Hamilton cycle. The Hamilton cycle problem is to find the sufficient and necessary condition that a graph is Hamiltonian. In this…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-08-04 Heping Jiang

We show that under certain conditions the square of the graph obtained by identifying a vertex in two graphs with hamiltonian square is also hamiltonian. Using this result, we prove necessary and sufficient conditions for hamiltonicity of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-03-22 Jan Ekstein

We prove that every 2-connected, cubic, planar graph with faces of size at most 6 is Hamiltonian, and show that the 6-face condition is tight. Our results push the connectivity condition of the Barnette-Goodey conjecture to the weakest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Sihong Shao , Yuxuan Wu

We give constructive proofs for the existence of uniquely hamiltonian graphs for various sets of degrees. We give constructions for all sets with minimum 2 (a trivial case added for completeness), all sets with minimum 3 that contain an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-04 Gunnar Brinkmann , Matthias De Pauw

We prove that, in the Gilbert model for a random geometric graph, almost every graph becomes Hamiltonian exactly when it first becomes 2-connected. This answers a question of Penrose. We also show that in the k-nearest neighbor model, there…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-11-09 József Balogh , Béla Bollobás , Michael Krivelevich , Tobias Müller , Mark Walters

An arc of a graph is an oriented edge and a 3-arc is a 4-tuple $(v,u,x,y)$ of vertices such that both $(v,u,x)$ and $(u,x,y)$ are paths of length two. The 3-arc graph of a graph $G$ is defined to have vertices the arcs of $G$ such that two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-14 Guangjun Xu , Sanming Zhou

We show that every sufficiently large oriented graph with minimum in- and outdegree at least (3n-4)/8 contains a Hamilton cycle. This is best possible and solves a problem of Thomassen from 1979.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Peter Keevash , Daniela Kühn , Deryk Osthus

We prove that for every $\varepsilon > 0$ there exists $n_0=n_0(\varepsilon)$ such that every regular oriented graph on $n > n_0$ vertices and degree at least $(1/4 + \varepsilon)n$ has a Hamilton cycle. This establishes an approximate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-15 Allan Lo , Viresh Patel , Mehmet Akif Yıldız

In 1970 Lov\'asz conjectured that every connected vertex-transitive graph admits a Hamilton cycle, apart from five exceptional graphs. This conjecture has recently been settled for graphs defined by intersecting set systems, which feature…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-16 Torsten Mütze

Whitney proved in 1931 that 4-connected planar triangulations are Hamiltonian. Hakimi, Schmeichel, and Thomassen conjectured in 1979 that if $G$ is a 4-connected planar triangulation with $n$ vertices then $G$ contains at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Xiaonan Liu , Xingxing Yu

A famous conjecture of Lov\'asz states that every connected vertex-transitive graph contains a Hamilton path. In this article we confirm the conjecture in the case that the graph is dense and sufficiently large. In fact, we show that such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-31 Demetres Christofides , Jan Hladký , András Máthé

Let $G$ be a graph on $n\geq 3$ vertices, claw the bipartite graph $K_{1,3}$, and $Z_i$ the graph obtained from a triangle by attaching a path of length $i$ to its one vertex. $G$ is called 1-heavy if at least one end vertex of each induced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-07 Bo Ning , Bing Chen , Shenggui Zhang

A graph $ G $ is called $ t $-tough if $ \left|S\right|\geq t\cdot w\left(G-S\right)$ for every cutset $ S $ of $G$. Chv\'atal conjectured that there exists a constant $ t_{0} $ such that every $ t_{0} $-tough graph has a hamiltonian cycle.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-04 Hui Ma , Lili Hao , Weihua Yang