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We consider the problem of finding a Hamiltonian path or a Hamiltonian cycle with precedence constraints in the form of a partial order on the vertex set. We show that the path problem is $\mathsf{NP}$-complete for graphs of pathwidth 4…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Jesse Beisegel , Katharina Klost , Kristin Knorr , Fabienne Ratajczak , Robert Scheffler

A graph is \emph{hamiltonian-connected} if every pair of vertices can be connected by a hamiltonian path, and it is \emph{hamiltonian} if it contains a hamiltonian cycle. We construct families of non-hamiltonian graphs for which the ratio…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Erik Carlson , Willem Fletcher , MurphyKate Montee , Chi Nguyen , Jarne Renders , Xingyi Zhang

In this paper we prove a sufficient condition for the existence of a Hamilton cycle, which is applicable to a wide variety of graphs, including relatively sparse graphs. In contrast to previous criteria, ours is based on only two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dan Hefetz , Michael Krivelevich , Tibor Szabo

When solving the Hamiltonian path problem it seems natural to be given additional precedence constraints for the order in which the vertices are visited. For example one could decide whether a Hamiltonian path exists for a fixed starting…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Jesse Beisegel , Fabienne Ratajczak , Robert Scheffler

We describe an algorithm for finding Hamilton cycles in random graphs. Our model is the random graph $G=\gc$. In this model $G$ is drawn uniformly from graphs with vertex set $[n]$, $m$ edges and minimum degree at least three. We focus on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-24 Alan Frieze , Simi Haber

In graph theory, the longest path problem is the problem of finding a simple path of maximum length in a given graph. For some small classes of graphs, the problem can be solved in polynomial time [2, 4], but it remains NP-hard on general…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-15 Lajos L. Pongrácz

A graph $G$ is $l$-path Hamiltonian if every path of length not exceeding $l$ is contained in a Hamiltonian cycle. It is well known that a 2-connected, $k$-regular graph $G$ on at most $3k-1$ vertices is edge-Hamiltonian if for every edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Xia Li , Weihua Yang

For a connected graph, the Hamiltonian cycle (path) is a simple cycle (path) that spans all the vertices in the graph. It is known from \cite{muller,garey} that HAMILTONIAN CYCLE (PATH) are NP-complete in general graphs and chordal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-09-18 P. Kowsika , V. Divya , N. Sadagopan

We locate gaps in the spectrum of a Hamiltonian on a periodic cuboidal (and generally hyperrectangular) lattice graph with $\delta$ couplings in the vertices. We formulate sufficient conditions under which the number of gaps is finite. As…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-05-26 Ondřej Turek

We study graph classes modeled by families of non-crossing (NC) connected sets. Two classic graph classes in this context are disk graphs and proper interval graphs. We focus on the cases when the sets are paths and the host is a tree…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-08-18 Steven Chaplick

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

We analyze the problem of discovering long cycles inside a graph. We propose and test two algorithms for this task. The first one is based on recent advances in statistical mechanics and relies on a message passing procedure. The second…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-07-03 Enzo Marinari , Guilhem Semerjian , Valery Van Kerrebroeck

In order to find Hamiltonian cycle, algorithm should find edges that creates a Hamiltonian cycle. Higher number of edges creates more possibilities to check to solve the problem. Algorithm rests on analysis of original graph and opposite…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Paweł Kaftan

Finding a Hamiltonian cycle in a given graph is computationally challenging, and in general remains so even when one is further given one Hamiltonian cycle in the graph and asked to find another. In fact, no significantly faster algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Andreas Björklund , Petteri Kaski , Jesper Nederlof

Let $G$ be a fixed graph. Two paths of length $n-1$ on $n$ vertices (Hamiltonian paths) are $G$-different if there is a subgraph isomorphic to $G$ in their union. In this paper we prove that the maximal number of pairwise triangle-different…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-13 István Kovács , Dániel Soltész

We establish tight lower and upper bounds on the number of edges in traceable graphs in several classes of dense graphs. A graph is traceable if it has a Hamiltonian path. We show that the bound is: - quadratic for the class of graphs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Michal Dvořák , Dušan Knop , Michal Opler , Jan Pokorný , Ondřej Suchý , Krisztina Szilágyi

Following a problem posed by Lov\'asz in 1969, it is believed that every connected vertex-transitive graph has a Hamilton path. This is shown here to be true for cubic Cayley graphs arising from groups having a $(2,s,3)$-presentation, that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Henry Glover , Dragan Marusic

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

Kronk introduced the $l$-path hamiltonianicity of graphs in 1969. A graph is $l$-path Hamiltonian if every path of length not exceeding $l$ is contained in a Hamiltonian cycle. We have shown that if $P=uvz$ is a 2-path of a 2-connected,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-10 Xia Li , Weihua Yang , Bo Zhang , Shuang Zhao

This paper deals with the $\lambda$-labeling and $L(2,1)$-coloring of simple graphs. A $\lambda$-labeling of a graph $G$ is any labeling of the vertices of $G$ with different labels such that any two adjacent vertices receive labels which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Manouchehr Zaker