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A set of vertices in a graph is a Hamiltonian subset if it induces a subgraph containing a Hamiltonian cycle. Kim, Liu, Sharifzadeh and Staden proved that among all graphs with minimum degree $d$, $K_{d+1}$ minimises the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Stijn Cambie , Jun Gao , Hong Liu

Let $\{G_M\}_{M\geq 0}$ be the random graph process, where $G_0$ is the empty graph on $n$ vertices and subsequent graphs in the sequence are obtained by adding a new edge uniformly at random. For each $\varepsilon>0$, we show that, almost…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-22 Richard Montgomery

Counting the number of Hamiltonian cycles that are contained in a geometric graph is {\bf \#P}-complete even if the graph is known to be planar \cite{lot:refer}. A relaxation for problems in plane geometric graphs is to allow the geometric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-17 Hazim Michman Trao

A connected graph whose automorphism group acts transitively on the edges and vertices, but not on the set of ordered pairs of adjacent vertices of the graph is called half-arc-transitive. It is well known that the valence of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-16 Primož Potočnik , Rok Požar

Let G be a cubic graph, with girth at least five, such that for every partition X,Y of its vertex set with |X|,|Y|>6 there are at least six edges between X and Y. We prove that if there is no homeomorphic embedding of the Petersen graph in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-11 Neil Robertson , Paul Seymour , Robin Thomas

A graph is $\textit{cubelike}$ if it is a Cayley graph for some elementary abelian $2$-group $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$. The core of a graph is its smallest subgraph to which it admits a homomorphism. More than ten years ago, Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-08 Laura Mančinska , Irene Pivotto , David E. Roberson , Gordon Royle

For $d \ge 2$, we show that all graphs of $d$-polytopes have a Hamiltonian line graph if and only if $d \ne 3$: We exhibit a graph of a $3$-polytope on $252$ vertices whose line graph does not even have Hamiltonian paths. Adapting a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Bruno Benedetti , Marta Pavelka

Fullerene graphs, i.e., 3-connected planar cubic graphs with pentagonal and hexagonal faces, are conjectured to be Hamiltonian. This is a special case of a conjecture of Barnette and Goodey, stating that 3-connected planar graphs with faces…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-18 František Kardoš

It is well known that 3--regular graphs with arbitrarily large girth exist. Three constructions are given that use the former to produce non-Hamiltonian 3--regular graphs without reducing the girth, thereby proving that such graphs with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Michael Haythorpe

A conjecture of Carsten Thomassen states that every 4-connected line graph is hamiltonian. It is known that the conjecture is true for 7-connected line graphs. We improve this by showing that any 5-connected line graph of minimum degree at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-04-01 Tomáš Kaiser , Petr Vrána

A graph $G$ is \textit{asymmetric} if its automorphism group of vertices is trivial. Asymmetric graphs were introduced by Erd\H{o}s and R\'{e}nyi in 1963. They showed that the probability of a graph on $n$ vertices being asymmetric tends to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-29 Alejandra Brewer , Adam Gregory , Quindel Jones , Rigoberto Florez , Darren A. Narayan

In 1956, Tutte showed that every planar 4-connected graph is hamiltonian. In this article, we will generalize this result and prove that polyhedra with at most three 3-cuts are hamiltonian. In 2002 Jackson and Yu have shown this result for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Gunnar Brinkmann , Carol T. Zamfirescu

Every graph of size $q$ (the number of edges) and minimum degree $\delta$ is hamiltonian if $q\le\delta^2+\delta-1$. The result is sharp.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-13 Zh. G. Nikoghosyan

For any undirected and simple graph G = (V;E), where V denotes the vertex set and E the edge set of G. G is called hamiltonian if it contains a cycle that visits each vertex of G exactly once. Ore (1960) proved that G is hamiltonian if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-15 Hsiu-Chunj Pan , Hsun Su , Shin-Shin Kao

The vertex connectivity of a graph $G$ is the size of the smallest set of vertices $S$ such that $G \setminus S$ is disconnected. For the class of planar graphs, the problem of vertex connectivity is well-studied, both from structural and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Therese Biedl , Karthik Murali

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

We consider a compact metric graph of size $\varepsilon$, and attach to it several edges (leads) of length of order one (or of infinite length). As $\varepsilon$ goes to zero, the graph $\mathcal{G}^\varepsilon$ obtained in this way looks…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 Claudio Cacciapuoti

In this paper, we discuss the Hamiltonicity of graphs in terms of Wiener index, hyper-Wiener index and Harary index of their quasi-complement or complement. Firstly, we give some sufficient conditions for an balanced bipartite graph with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Guidong Yu , Lifang Ren , Gaixiang Cai

A non-planar graph is almost-planar if either deleting or contracting any edge makes it planar. A graph with $n$ vertices is pancyclic if it contains a cycle of every length from $3$ to $n$, and it is Hamiltonian if it contains a cycle of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Santiago T. Adams , S. R. Kingan

In 1930, Kuratowski showed that $K_{3,3}$ and $K_5$ are the only two minor-minimal non-planar graphs. Robertson and Seymour extended finiteness of the set of forbidden minors for any surface. \v{S}ir\'{a}\v{n} and Kochol showed that there…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-19 Alen Vegi Kalamar , Tadej Žerak , Drago Bokal