Hamiltonian Cycles in Subdivided Doubles
Combinatorics
2025-10-22 v1
Abstract
The subdivided double construction on 4-regular graphs was used by Poto\v{c}nik and Wilson to explore semi-symmetric (edge-transitive but not vertex-transitive) graphs, and can be used to construct every semi-symmetric 4-regular graph that contains a pair of twin vertices. We show that (regardless of symmetry) subdivided doubles have another curious property: they have exponentially many Hamiltonian cycles each of which is complementary to another Hamiltonian cycle.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.18359,
title = {Hamiltonian Cycles in Subdivided Doubles},
author = {David Eppstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18359},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted to Ars Mathematica Contemporanea