On k-ordered Hamiltonian graphs

A Hamiltonian graph G of order n is k-ordered, 2 ≤ k ≤ n, if for every sequence v₁, v₂, …, v_k of k distinct vertices of G, there exists a Hamiltonian cycle that encounters v₁, v₂, …, v_k in this order. Define f(k, n) as the smallest integer m for which any graph on n vertices with minimum degree at least m is a k-ordered Hamiltonian graph. In this article, answering a question of Ng and Schultz, we determine f(k, n) if n is sufficiently large in terms of k. Let g(k, n) = − 1. More precisely, we show that f(k, n) = g(k, n) if n ≥ 11k − 3. Furthermore, we show that f(k, n) ≥ g(k, n) for any n ≥ 2k. Finally we show that f(k, n) > g(k, n) if 2k ≤ n ≤ 3k − 6. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 32: 17–25, 1999     

The visibility graph of congruent discs is Hamiltonian

We show that the visibility graph of a set of disjoint congruent discs in is Hamiltonian, as long as the discs are not all supported by the same line. The proof is constructive, and leads to efficient algorithms for obtaining a Hamilton circuit.     

On the strong p-Helly property

The notion of strong p-Helly hypergraphs was introduced by Golumbic and Jamison in 1985 [M.C. Golumbic, R.E. Jamison, The edge intersection graphs of paths in a tree, J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 38 (1985) 8-22]. Independently, other authors [A. Bretto, S. Ubéda, J. ?erovnik, A polynomial algorithm for the strong Helly property. Inform. Process. Lett. 81 (2002) 55-57, E. Prisner, Hereditary clique-Helly graphs, J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 14 (1993) 216-220, W.D. Wallis, Guo-Hui Zhang, On maximal clique irreducible graphs. J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 8 (1990) 187-193.] have also considered the strong Helly property in other contexts. In this paper, we characterize strong p-Helly hypergraphs. This characterization leads to an algorithm for recognizing such hypergraphs, which terminates within polynomial time whenever p is fixed. In contrast, we show that the recognition problem is co-NP-complete, for arbitrary p. Further, we apply the concept of strong p-Helly hypergraphs to the cliques of a graph, leading to the class of strong p-clique-Helly graphs. For p=2, this class is equivalent to that of hereditary clique-Helly graphs [E. Prisner, Hereditary clique-Helly graphs, J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 14 (1993) 216-220]. We describe a characterization for this class and obtain an algorithm for recognizing such graphs. Again, the algorithm has polynomial-time complexity for p fixed, and we show the corresponding recognition problem to be NP-hard, for arbitrary p.     

On certain Hamiltonian cycles in planar graphs

The problem is considered under which conditions a 4-connected planar or projective planar graph has a Hamiltonian cycle containing certain prescribed edges and missing certain forbidden edges. The results are applied to obtain novel lower bounds on the number of distinct Hamiltonian cycles that must be present in a 5-connected graph that is embedded into the plane or into the projective plane with face-width at least five. Especially, we show that every 5-connected plane or projective plane triangulation on n vertices with no non-contractible cyles of length less than five contains at least distinct Hamiltonian cycles. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 32: 81–96, 1999     

Examples of non-Kähler Hamiltonian circle manifolds with the strong Lefschetz property

In this paper we construct six-dimensional compact non-Kähler Hamiltonian circle manifolds which satisfy the strong Lefschetz property themselves but nevertheless have a non-Lefschetz symplectic quotient. This provides the first known counterexamples to the question whether the strong Lefschetz property descends to the symplectic quotient. We also give examples of Hamiltonian strong Lefschetz circle manifolds which have a non-Lefschetz fixed point submanifold. In addition, we establish a sufficient and necessary condition for a finitely presentable group to be the fundamental group of a strong Lefschetz manifold. We then use it to show the existence of Lefschetz four-manifolds with non-Lefschetz finite covering spaces.     

关于Abel群上Cayley图的Hamilton圈分解

设Ｇ（Ｆ，Ｔ∩Ｔ＾－１）是有限Ａｂｅｌ群Ｆ上的Ｃａｙｌｅｙ图，Ｔ∩Ｔ＾－１只含２阶元，此文证明了当Ｔ是Ｆ的极小生成元集时，若ｄ（Ｇ）＝２ｋ，则Ｇ是ｋ个边不相交的Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ圈的并，若ｄ（Ｇ）＝２ｋ＋１，则Ｇ是ｋ个边不相交的Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ圈与一个１－因子的并。     

The Hamiltonian index of graphs

The Hamiltonian index of a graph G is defined as

h(G)=min{m:L^m(G) is Hamiltonian}.     

Hamiltonian connected hourglass free line graphs

Thomassen [Reflections on graph theory, J. Graph Theory 10 (1986) 309-324] conjectured that every 4-connected line graph is hamiltonian. An hourglass is a graph isomorphic to K₅-E(C₄), where C₄ is a cycle of length 4 in K₅. In Broersma et al. [On factors of 4-connected claw-free graphs, J. Graph Theory 37 (2001) 125-136], it is shown that every 4-connected line graph without an induced subgraph isomorphic to the hourglass is hamiltonian connected. In this note, we prove that every 3-connected, essentially 4-connected hourglass free line graph, is hamiltonian connected.     

Noncrossing Hamiltonian paths in geometric graphs

A geometric graph is a graph embedded in the plane in such a way that vertices correspond to points in general position and edges correspond to segments connecting the appropriate points. A noncrossing Hamiltonian path in a geometric graph is a Hamiltonian path which does not contain any intersecting pair of edges. In the paper, we study a problem asked by Micha Perles: determine the largest number h(n) such that when we remove any set of h(n) edges from any complete geometric graph on n vertices, the resulting graph still has a noncrossing Hamiltonian path. We prove that . We also establish several results related to special classes of geometric graphs. Let h₁(n) denote the largest number such that when we remove edges of an arbitrary complete subgraph of size at most h₁(n) from a complete geometric graph on n vertices the resulting graph still has a noncrossing Hamiltonian path. We prove that . Let h₂(n) denote the largest number such that when we remove an arbitrary star with at most h₂(n) edges from a complete geometric graph on n vertices the resulting graph still has a noncrossing Hamiltonian path. We show that h₂(n)=⌈n/2⌉-1. Further we prove that when we remove any matching from a complete geometric graph the resulting graph will have a noncrossing Hamiltonian path.     

On the unconditional subsequence property

We show that a construction of Johnson, Maurey and Schechtman leads to the existence of a weakly null sequence (fi) in ?₂(∑Lpi), where pi↓1, so that for all ε>0 and 1<q?2, every subsequence of (fi) admits a block basis (1+ε)-equivalent to the Haar basis for Lq. We give an example of a reflexive Banach space having the unconditional subsequence property but not uniformly so.     

Complexity of the packing coloring problem for trees

Packing coloring is a partitioning of the vertex set of a graph with the property that vertices in the i-th class have pairwise distance greater than i. The main result of this paper is a solution of an open problem of Goddard et al. showing that the decision whether a tree allows a packing coloring with at most k classes is NP-complete.We further discuss specific cases when this problem allows an efficient algorithm. Namely, we show that it is decideable in polynomial time for graphs of bounded treewidth and diameter, and fixed parameter tractable for chordal graphs.We accompany these results by several observations on a closely related variant of the packing coloring problem, where the lower bounds on the distances between vertices inside color classes are determined by an infinite nondecreasing sequence of bounded integers.     

关于Hamltion线图的一个结果

设Ｇ是一个简单图，(?)ｅ∈Ｅ（Ｇ），定义ｅ＝ｕｖ在Ｇ中的度ｄ（ｅ）＝ｄ（ｕ）＋ｄ（ｖ），其中ｄ（ｕ）和ｄ（ｖ）分别为ｕ和ｖ的度数。若连通图Ｇ的每个桥都有一个端点度数为１，则称Ｇ是几乎无桥的图。本文的主要结果是：设Ｇ是ｐ≥２阶几乎无桥的简单连通图，且Ｇ≠Ｋ_{１，ｐ－１}若对任何无公共顶点的两边ｅ₀及ｅ₁，ｄ（ｅ₀）＋ｄ（ｅ₁）≥ｐ＋４，则Ｇ有一个Ｄ－闭迹，从而Ｇ的线图Ｌ（Ｇ）是哈密顿的。     

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.     

Hamiltonian properties of triangular grid graphs

A triangular grid graph is a finite induced subgraph of the infinite graph associated with the two-dimensional triangular grid. In 2000, Reay and Zamfirescu showed that all 2-connected, linearly-convex triangular grid graphs (with the exception of one of them) are hamiltonian. The only exception is a graph D which is the linearly-convex hull of the Star of David. We extend this result to a wider class of locally connected triangular grid graphs. Namely, we prove that all connected, locally connected triangular grid graphs (with the same exception of graph D) are hamiltonian. Moreover, we present a sufficient condition for a connected graph to be fully cycle extendable. We also show that the problem Hamiltonian Cycle is NP-complete for triangular grid graphs.     

Greedily constructing Hamiltonian paths, Hamiltonian cycles and maximum linear forests

There are various greedy schemas to construct a maximal path in a given input graph. Associated with each such schema is the family of graphs where it always results a path of maximum length, or a Hamiltonian path/cycle, if there exists one. Considerable amount of work has been carried out, regarding the characterization and recognition problems of such graphs. We present here a systematic listing of previous results of this type and fill up most of the remaining empty entries.     

Multicolored parallelisms of Hamiltonian cycles

A subgraph in an edge-colored graph is multicolored if all its edges receive distinct colors. In this paper, we prove that a complete graph on 2m+1 vertices K_2m+1 can be properly edge-colored with 2m+1 colors in such a way that the edges of K_2m+1 can be partitioned into m multicolored Hamiltonian cycles.     

平面对偶图哈密顿性的一个充分条件

提出了平面单图的对偶图是哈密顿图的一个充分条件     

Hamilton非二部图的弱泛圈性

图G称为弱泛圈图是指G包含了每个长为t(g(V)≤l≤c(G))的圈,其中g(G),c(v)分别是G的围长与周长.1997年Brandt提出以下猜想:边数大于[n2/4]-n 5的n阶非二部图为弱泛圈图.1999年Bollobas和Thomason证明了边数不小于[n2/4]-n 59的n阶非二部图为弱泛圈图.作者证明了如下结论:设G是n阶Hamilton非二部图,若G的边数不小于[n2/4]-n 12,则G为弱泛圈图.     

On the Multiplicative Complexity of the Inversion and Division of Hamiltonian Quaternions

The multiplicative complexity of a finite set of rational functions is the number of essential multiplications and divisions that are necessary and sufficient to compute these rational functions. We prove that the multiplicative complexity of inversion in the division algebra \H of Hamiltonian quaternions over the reals, that is, the multiplicative complexity of the coordinates of the inverse of a generic element from \H , is exactly eight. Furthermore, we show that the multiplicative complexity of the left and right division of Hamiltonian quaternions is at least eleven. July 17, 2001. Final version received: October 8, 2001.