Mathematisk Institut, Universitetsparken, Ny Munkegade, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Abstract:
Herz, Duby and Vigué [9] conjectured that every hypohamiltonian graph has girth 5. In the present note hypohamiltonian graphs of girth 3 and 4 are described. Also two conjectures on hypohamiltonian graphs made by Bondy and Chvátal, respectively, are disproved.