Department of Algebra, Combinatorics and Analysis, Division of Mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, U.S.A.
Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
Abstract:
We prove that if m is odd then a partial m-cycle system on n vertices can be embedded in an m-cycle system on at most m((m − 2)n(n − 1) + 2n + 1) vertices and that a partial weak Steiner m-cycle system on n vertices can be embedded in an m-cycle system on m(2n + 1) vertices.