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Graphs with multi-$4$-cycles and the Barnette's conjecture

Combinatorics 2020-02-14 v1

Abstract

Let H{\cal H} denote the family of all graphs with multi-44-cycles and suppose that GHG \in {\cal H}. Then, GG is a bipartite graph with a vertex bipartition {Vα,Vβ}\{V_{\alpha}, V_{\beta}\}. We prove that for every vertex vVβv \in V_{\beta} and for every 22-colouring Vα{1,2}V_{\alpha} \rightarrow \{1, 2\} there exists a 22-colouring Vβ{1,2}V_{\beta} \rightarrow \{1, 2\} such that every cycle in GG is not monochromatic and b(v)=1b(v) = 1 (b(v)=2b(v) = 2). Let now GG be a simple even plane triangulation with a vertex 33-partition {V1,V2,V3}\{V_{1}, V_{2}, V_{3}\}. Denote by BiB_{i}, i=1,2,3i = 1, 2, 3, the set of all vertices in ViV_i of degree at least 66 in GG. Suppose that G[B1B3]G[B_{1}\cup B_{3}] (G[B2B3]G[B_{2}\cup B_{3}]) is a subgraph of GG induced by the set B1B3B_{1}\cup B_{3} (B2B3B_{2}\cup B_{3}, respectively). Let GG^{*} be the dual graph of GG with the following 33-face-colouring: a face ff of GG^{*} is coloured with ii if and only if the vertex v=fViv = f^{*} \in V_{i}. We prove that if H=G[B1B3]G[B2B3]HH = G[B_{1}\cup B_{3}] \cup G[B_{2}\cup B_{3}] \in {\cal H}, then, for any edge chosen on a face coloured 33 and of size at least 66 in GG^{*}, there exists a Hamilton cycle of GG^{*} which avoids this edge. Moreover, if every component of HH is 22-connected, then there exists a Hamilton cycle of GG^{*} such that for every face coloured 33 it avoids every second edge of this face or it avoids at most two edges of this face.

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@article{arxiv.2002.05288,
  title  = {Graphs with multi-$4$-cycles and the Barnette's conjecture},
  author = {Jan Florek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.05288},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages

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