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We present a memetic algorithm (\maa) approach for finding a Hamiltonian cycle in a Hamiltonian graph. The \ma is based on a proven approach to the Asymmetric Travelling Salesman Problem (\atspp) that, in this contribution, is boosted by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Sarwan Ali , Pablo Moscato

The dominating graph of a graph $H$ has as its vertices all dominating sets of $H$, with an edge between two dominating sets if one can be obtained from the other by the addition or deletion of a single vertex of $H$. In this paper we prove…

As one of the most fundamental and well-known NP-complete problems, the Hamilton cycle problem has been the subject of intensive research. Recent developments in the area have highlighted the crucial role played by the notions of expansion…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-05-26 Daniela Kühn , Deryk Osthus

We provide sufficient conditions for the existence of long cycles in locally expanding graphs, and present applications of our conditions and techniques to Ramsey theory, random graphs and positional games.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-19 Michael Krivelevich

A Hamiltonian cycle of a graph is a closed path that visits every vertex once and only once. It has been difficult to count the number of Hamiltonian cycles on regular lattices with periodic boundary conditions, e.g. lattices on a torus,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Saburo Higuchi

The Hamiltonian cycle problem (HCP), which is an NP-complete problem, consists of having a graph G with n nodes and m edges and finding the path that connects each node exactly once. In this paper we compare some algorithms to solve a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 Giuseppe Corrente , Carlo Vincenzo Stanzione , Vittoria Stanzione

We consider the problem of finding a Hamiltonian path or cycle with precedence constraints in the form of a partial order on the vertex set. We study the complexity for graph width parameters for which the ordinary problems…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Jesse Beisegel , Katharina Klost , Kristin Knorr , Fabienne Ratajczak , Robert Scheffler

In an $r$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices a tight Hamilton cycle consists of $n$ edges such that there exists a cyclic ordering of the vertices where the edges correspond to consecutive segments of $r$ vertices. We provide a first…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Peter Allen , Christoph Koch , Olaf Parczyk , Yury Person

We use a Hamiltonian (transition matrix) description of height-restricted Dyck paths on the plane in which generating functions for the paths arise as matrix elements of the propagator to evaluate the length and area generating function for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-02-10 Stéphane Ouvry , Alexios P. Polychronakos

We give polynomial-time algorithms for obtaining hamilton circuits in random graphs, G, and random directed graphs, D. If n is finite, we assume that G or D contains a hamilton circuit. If G is an arbitrary graph containing a hamilton…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Howard Kleiman

We consider the existence of patterned Hamilton cycles in randomly colored random graphs. Given a string $\Pi$ over a set of colors $\{1,2,\ldots,r\}$, we say that a Hamilton cycle is $\Pi$-colored if the pattern repeats at intervals of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Michael Anastos , Alan Frieze

A Hamiltonian path (a Hamiltonian cycle) in a graph is a path (a cycle, respectively) that traverses all of its vertices. The problems of deciding their existence in an input graph are well-known to be NP-complete, in fact, they belong to…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Nikola Jedličková , Jan Kratochvíl

In this paper, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of Hamiltonian paths in $L-$alphabet and $C-$alphabet grid graphs. We also present a linear-time algorithm for finding Hamiltonian paths in these graphs.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-07-12 Fatemeh Keshavarz-Kohjerdi , Alireza Bagheri

Given a graph $G$, the longest path problem asks to compute a simple path of $G$ with the largest number of vertices. This problem is the most natural optimization version of the well known and well studied Hamiltonian path problem, and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-04-27 George B. Mertzios , Derek G. Corneil

We apply in this article (non rigorous) statistical mechanics methods to the problem of counting long circuits in graphs. The outcomes of this approach have two complementary flavours. On the algorithmic side, we propose an approximate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Enzo Marinari , Guilhem Semerjian

A Dynamic Programming based polynomial worst case time and space algorithm is described for computing Hamiltonian Path of a directed graph. Complexity constructive proofs along with a tested C++ implementation are provided as well. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-01-16 Dmitriy Nuriyev

A polynomial time algorithm which detects all paths and cycles of all lengths in form of vertex pairs (start, finish).

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-09-10 Sergey Gubin

One of the most well-known conjectures concerning Hamiltonicity in graphs asserts that any sufficiently large connected vertex transitive graph contains a Hamilton cycle. In this form, it was first written down by Thomassen in 1978,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Matija Bucić , Kevin Hendrey , Bojan Mohar , Raphael Steiner , Liana Yepremyan

We study Hamiltonicity and pancyclicity in the graph obtained as the union of a deterministic $n$-vertex graph $H$ with $\delta(H)\geq\alpha n$ and a random $d$-regular graph $G$, for $d\in\{1,2\}$. When $G$ is a random $2$-regular graph,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-29 Alberto Espuny Díaz , António Girão

In an article published in 1987 in Combinatorica \cite{MR918397}, Frieze and Jackson established a lower bound on the length of the longest induced path (and cycle) in a sparse random graph. Their bound is obtained through a rough analysis…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Nathanaël Enriquez , Gabriel Faraud , Laurent Ménard , Nathan Noiry