On Hamiltonicity of circulant digraphs of outdegree three

This paper deals with Hamiltonicity of connected loopless circulant digraphs of outdegree three with connection set of the form {a,ka,c}, where k is an integer. In particular, we prove that if k=−1 or k=2 such a circulant digraph is Hamiltonian if and only if it is not isomorphic to the circulant digraph on 12 vertices with connection set {3,6,4}.     

Hamilton cycles,avoiding prescribed arcs,in close-to-regular tournaments

The local irregularity of a digraph D is defined as i_l(D) = max {|d⁺ (x) − d⁻ (x)| : x ϵ V(D)}. Let T be a tournament, let Γ = {V₁, V₂, …, V_c} be a partition of V(T) such that |V₁| ≥ |V₂| ≥ … ≥ |V_c|, and let D be the multipartite tournament obtained by deleting all the arcs with both end points in the same set in Γ. We prove that, if |V(T)| ≥ max{2i_l(T) + 2|V₁| + 2|V₂| − 2, i_l(T) + 3|V₁| − 1}, then D is Hamiltonian. Furthermore, if T is regular (i.e., i_l(T) = 0), then we state slightly better lower bounds for |V(T)| such that we still can guarantee that D is Hamiltonian. Finally, we show that our results are best possible. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 32: 123–136, 1999     

Connected graphs as subgraphs of Cayley graphs: Conditions on Hamiltonicity

Let Γ be a connected simple graph, let V(Γ) and E(Γ) denote the vertex-set and the edge-set of Γ, respectively, and let n=|V(Γ)|. For 1≤i≤n, let e_i be the element of elementary abelian group which has 1 in the ith coordinate, and 0 in all other coordinates. Assume that V(Γ)={e_i∣1≤i≤n}. We define a set Ω by Ω={e_i+e_j∣{e_i,e_j}∈E(Γ)}, and let Cay_Γ denote the Cayley graph over with respect to Ω. It turns out that Cay_Γ contains Γ as an isometric subgraph. In this paper, the relations between the spectra of Γ and Cay_Γ are discussed. Some conditions on the existence of Hamilton paths and cycles in Γ are obtained.     

Hamiltonicity and colorings of arrangement graphs

We study connectivity, Hamilton path and Hamilton cycle decomposition, 4-edge and 3-vertex coloring for geometric graphs arising from pseudoline (affine or projective) and pseudocircle (spherical) arrangements. While arrangements as geometric objects are well studied in discrete and computational geometry, their graph theoretical properties seem to have received little attention so far. In this paper we show that they provide well-structured examples of families of planar and projective-planar graphs with very interesting properties. Most prominently, spherical arrangements admit decompositions into two Hamilton cycles; this is a new addition to the relatively few families of 4-regular graphs that are known to have Hamiltonian decompositions. Other classes of arrangements have interesting properties as well: 4-connectivity, 3-vertex coloring or Hamilton paths and cycles. We show a number of negative results as well: there are projective arrangements which cannot be 3-vertex colored. A number of conjectures and open questions accompany our results.     

邻接树图是哈密尔顿图猜想的一个等价命题

本文给出了简单图的邻接树图是哈密尔顿图”猜想的等价命题,阐明只需证明该猜想对2－连通图成立即可,另外,我们给出了该猜想一种特殊情形的构造性证明。     

Hamiltonicity thresholds in Achlioptas processes

In this article, we analyze the appearance of a Hamilton cycle in the following random process. The process starts with an empty graph on nlabeled vertices. At each round we are presented with K = K(n) edges, chosen uniformly at random from the missing ones, and are asked to add one of them to the current graph. The goal is to create a Hamilton cycle as soon as possible. We show that this problem has three regimes, depending on the value of K. For K = o(log n), the threshold for Hamiltonicity is n log n, i.e., typically we can construct a Hamilton cycle K times faster that in the usual random graph process. When K = ω(log n) we can essentially waste almost no edges, and create a Hamilton cycle in n + o(n) rounds with high probability. Finally, in the intermediate regime where K = Θ(log n), the threshold has order nand we obtain upper and lower bounds that differ by a multiplicative factor of 3. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2010     

哈密尔顿性和部分平方图的独立集

设G是一个图,G的部分平方图G*满足V(G*)=V(G),E(G*)=E(G)∪{uv:uv■E(G),且J(u,v)≠■},这里J(u,v)={w∈N(u)∩N(v):N(w)■N[u]∪N[v]}.利用插点方法,证明了如下结果:设G是k-连通图(k2),b是整数,0min {k,(2b-1+k)/2}(n(Y)-1),则G是哈密尔顿图.同时给出图是1-哈密尔顿的和哈密尔顿连通的相关结果.     

图的能量与哈密尔顿性

设G是一个无向简单图, A(G)为$G$的邻接矩阵. 用G的补图的特征值给出G包含哈密尔顿路、哈密尔顿圈以及哈密尔顿连通图的充分条件; 其次用二部图的拟补图的特征值给出二部图包含哈密尔顿圈的充分条件. 这些结果改进了一些已知的结果.     

图的能量与哈密尔顿性

设G是一个无向简单图,A（G）为G的邻接矩阵．用G的补图的特征值给出G包含哈密尔顿路、哈密尔顿圈以及哈密尔顿连通图的充分条件：其次用二部图的拟补图的特征值给出二部图包含哈密尔顿圈的充分条件．这些结果改进了一些已知的结果．     

Hamiltonicity and forbidden subgraphs in 4‐connected graphs

Let T be the line graph of the unique tree F on 8 vertices with degree sequence (3,3,3,1,1,1,1,1), i.e., T is a chain of three triangles. We show that every 4‐connected {T, K_1,3}‐free graph has a hamiltonian cycle. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 49: 262–272, 2005     

On the number of noncritical vertices in strongly connected digraphs

By definition, a vertex w of a strongly connected (or, simply, strong) digraph D is noncritical if the subgraph D — w is also strongly connected. We prove that if the minimal out (or in) degree k of D is at least 2, then there are at least k noncritical vertices in D. In contrast to the case of undirected graphs, this bound cannot be sharpened, for a given k, even for digraphs of large order. Moreover, we show that if the valency of any vertex of a strong digraph of order n is at least 3/4n, then it contains at least two noncritical vertices. The proof makes use of the results of the theory of maximal proper strong subgraphs established by Mader and developed by the present author. We also construct a counterpart of this theory for biconnected (undirected) graphs.     

Hamiltonian cycles in -circulant digraphs

Let D be the circulant digraph with n vertices and connection set {2,3,c}. (Assume D is loopless and has outdegree 3.) Work of S. C. Locke and D. Witte implies that if n is a multiple of 6, c{(n/2)+2,(n/2)+3}, and c is even, then D does not have a hamiltonian cycle. For all other cases, we construct a hamiltonian cycle in D.     

Hamiltonicity of random graphs produced by 2‐processes

Suppose that a random graph begins with n isolated vertices and evolves by edges being added at random, conditional upon all vertex degrees being at most 2. The final graph is usually 2‐regular, but is not uniformly distributed. Some properties of this final graph are already known, but the asymptotic probability of being a Hamilton cycle was not known. We answer this question along with some related questions about cycles arising in the process. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2007     

Pancyclic arcs and connectivity in tournaments

A tournament is an orientation of the edges of a complete graph. An arc is pancyclic in a tournament T if it is contained in a cycle of length l, for every 3 ≤ l ≤ |T|. Let p(T) denote the number of pancyclic arcs in a tournament T. In 4 , Moon showed that for every non‐trivial strong tournament T, p(T) ≥ 3. Actually, he proved a somewhat stronger result: for any non‐trivial strong tournament h(T) ≥ 3 where h(T) is the maximum number of pancyclic arcs contained in the same hamiltonian cycle of T. Moreover, Moon characterized the tournaments with h(T) = 3. All these tournaments are not 2‐strong. In this paper, we investigate relationship between the functions p(T) and h(T) and the connectivity of the tournament T. Let p_k(n) := min {p(T), T k‐strong tournament of order n} and h_k(n) := min{h(T), T k‐strong tournament of order n}. We conjecture that (for k ≥ 2) there exists a constant α_k> 0 such that p_k(n) ≥ α_kn and h_k(n) ≥ 2k+1. In this paper, we establish the later conjecture when k = 2. We then characterized the tournaments with h(T) = 4 and those with p(T) = 4. We also prove that for k ≥ 2, p_k(n) ≥ 2k+3. At last, we characterize the tournaments having exactly five pancyclic arcs. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 47: 87–110, 2004     

Extremal problems on the Hamiltonicity of claw-free graphs

In 1962, Erd?s proved that if a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices satisfies

$e\left(G\right)>max\left\{\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n?k}{2}\right)+k^2,\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{?(n+1)∕2?}{2}\right)+{?\frac{n?1}{2}?}^2\right\},$

where the minimum degree $\delta \left(G\right)\ge k$ and $1\le k\le (n?1)∕2$, then it is Hamiltonian. For $n\ge 2k+1$, let $E_n^k=K_k\vee (k{K}_1+K_{n?2k})$, where “$\vee$” is the “join” operation. One can observe $e\left(E_n^k\right)=\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n?k}{2}\right)+k^2$ and $E_n^k$ is not Hamiltonian. As $E_n^k$ contains induced claws for $k\ge 2$, a natural question is to characterize all 2-connected claw-free non-Hamiltonian graphs with the largest possible number of edges. We answer this question completely by proving a claw-free analog of Erd?s’ theorem. Moreover, as byproducts, we establish several tight spectral conditions for a 2-connected claw-free graph to be Hamiltonian. Similar results for the traceability of connected claw-free graphs are also obtained. Our tools include Ryjá?ek’s claw-free closure theory and Brousek’s characterization of minimal 2-connected claw-free non-Hamiltonian graphs.     

关于一类立方图的可连通性

文献[1]中提出阶为n(n≥3)的路的立方图是可圈图当且仅当n为奇数,本文主要证明阶为n(n≥3)的路的立方图是可连通图当且仅当n为奇数,从而加强了文献[1]中的结论.     

Hamiltonicity of planar graphs with a forbidden minor

Tutte showed that -connected planar graphs are Hamiltonian, but it is well known that -connected planar graphs need not be Hamiltonian. We show that -minor-free -connected planar graphs are Hamiltonian. This does not extend to -minor-free -connected graphs in general, as shown by the Petersen graph, and does not extend to -minor-free -connected planar graphs, as we show by an infinite family of examples.     

A polynomial algorithm for the Hamiltonian cycle problem in semicomplete multipartite digraphs

We describe a polynomial algorithm for the Hamiltonian cycle problem for semicomplete multipartite digraphs. The existence of such an algorithm was conjectured in G. Gutin, Paths and cycles in digraphs. Ph. D. thesis, Tel Aviv Univ., 1993. (see also G. Gutin, J Graph Theory 19 (1995) 481–505). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Graph Theory 29: 111–132, 1998     

Hamilton cycles in digraphs of unitary matrices

A set S⊆V is called a q⁺-set (q^--set, respectively) if S has at least two vertices and, for every u∈S, there exists v∈S,v≠u such that N⁺(u)∩N⁺(v)≠∅ (N^-(u)∩N^-(v)≠∅, respectively). A digraph D is called s-quadrangular if, for every q⁺-set S, we have |∪{N⁺(u)∩N⁺(v):u≠v,u,v∈S}|?|S| and, for every q^--set S, we have |∪{N^-(u)∩N^-(v):u,v∈S)}?|S|. We conjecture that every strong s-quadrangular digraph has a Hamilton cycle and provide some support for this conjecture.     

Hamilton cycles in claw-heavy graphs

A graph G on n≥3 vertices is called claw-heavy if every induced claw (K_1,3) of G has a pair of nonadjacent vertices such that their degree sum is at least n. In this paper we show that a claw-heavy graph G has a Hamilton cycle if we impose certain additional conditions on G involving numbers of common neighbors of some specific pair of nonadjacent vertices, or forbidden induced subgraphs. Our results extend two previous theorems of Broersma, Ryjá?ek and Schiermeyer [H.J. Broersma, Z. Ryjá?ek, I. Schiermeyer, Dirac’s minimum degree condition restricted to claws, Discrete Math. 167-168 (1997) 155-166], on the existence of Hamilton cycles in 2-heavy graphs.