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We give a simple proof of Tutte's theorem stating that the cycle space of a 3--connected graph is generated by the set of non-separating circuits of the graph. Keywords: graph, cycle, circuit, cycle space, non-separating circuit, strong isomorphism.
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Every 4-connected graph $G$ with minimum degree $δ$ and connectivity $κ$ either contains a cycle of length at least $4δ-κ-4$ or every longest cycle in $G$ is a dominating cycle.
The simple connected graphs may be classified by their cycle composition (number and lengths of cycles). This work derives the counting series of the simple connected graphs that have cycles of unrestricted number and length, but no overlapping cycles. Cycle pairs of these graphs of interest must not have common nodes or edges. The recipe of counting these graphs is based on the counting series of the associated planted graphs, multisets of planted graphs, a recursive synthesis of enriched trees, and a generalized Otter's formula that maps the underlying rooted block graphs to the underlying b…
We prove that, for every natural number $k$, every sufficiently large 3-connected cubic planar graph has a cycle whose length is in $[k,2k+9]$. We also show that this bound is close to being optimal by constructing, for every even $k\geq 4$, an infinite family of 3-connected cubic planar graphs that contain no cycle whose length is in $[k,2k+1]$.
Distance-balancing of cube-connected cycles graphs
该研究证明立方体连接循环图$CCC_n$具有距离平衡性，且仅当$n$为偶数时具备良好距离平衡性。
Whitney proved in 1931 that every 4-connected planar triangulation is hamiltonian. Later in 1979, Hakimi, Schmeichel and Thomassen conjectured that every such triangulation on $n$ vertices has at least $2(n - 2)(n - 4)$ hamiltonian cycles. Along this direction, Brinkmann, Souffriau and Van Cleemput established a linear lower bound on the number of hamiltonian cycles in 4-connected planar triangulations. In stark contrast, Alahmadi, Aldred and Thomassen showed that every 5-connected triangulation of the plane or the projective plane has exponentially many hamiltonian cycles. This gives the moti…
A conjecture of Carsten Thomassen states that every 4-connected line graph is hamiltonian. It is known that the conjecture is true for 7-connected line graphs. We improve this by showing that any 5-connected line graph of minimum degree at least 6 is hamiltonian. The result extends to claw-free graphs and to Hamilton-connectedness.
Tutte proved that every 4-connected planar graph contains a Hamilton cycle, but there are 3-connected $n$-vertex planar graphs whose longest cycles have length $Θ(n^{\log_32})$. On the other hand, Jackson and Wormald in 1992 proved that an essentially 4-connected $n$-vertex planar graph contains a cycle of length at least $(2n+4)/5$, which was recently improved to $5(n+2)/8$ by Fabrici {\it et al}. In this paper, we improve this bound to $\lceil (2n+6)/3\rceil$ for $n\ge 6$, which is best possible, by proving a quantitative version of a result of Thomassen on Tutte paths.
Barnette conjectured that all cubic $3$-connected plane graphs with maximum face size at most $6$ are hamiltonian. We provide a method of construction of a hamiltonian cycle (in dual terms) in an arbitrary cubic, $3$-connected plane graph possessing such a face $g$ that every face incident with $g$ has at most $5$ edges and every other face has at most $6$ edges.
4-regular 4-connected Hamiltonian graphs with few Hamiltonian cycles
该研究证明了存在哈密顿环数量有界的无穷多族4-正则4-连通哈密顿图，并提出5-正则5-连通情形下是否存在同类图族的开放问题。
In 1963, Corrádi and Hajnal proved that for all $k \ge 1$ and $n \ge 3k$, every (simple) graph on n vertices with minimum degree at least 2k contains k disjoint cycles. The same year, Dirac described the 3-connected multigraphs not containing two disjoint cycles and asked the more general question: Which (2k-1)-connected multigraphs do not contain k disjoint cycles? Recently, the authors characterized the simple graphs G with minimum degree $δ(G) \ge 2k-1$ that do not contain k disjoint cycles. We use this result to answer Dirac's question in full.
A cycle $C$ of length $k$ in graph $G$ is extendable if there is another cycle $C'$ in $G$ with $V(C) \subset V(C')$ and length $k+1$. A graph is cycle extendable if every non-Hamiltonian cycle is extendable. In 1990 Hendry conjectured that any Hamiltonian chordal graph (a Hamiltonian graph with no induced cycle of length greater than three) is cycle extendable, and this conjecture has been verified for Hamiltonian chordal graphs which are interval graphs, planar graphs, and split graphs. We prove that any 2-connected claw-free chordal graph is cycle extendable.
Dirac and Lovász independently characterized the $3$-connected graphs with no pair of vertex-disjoint cycles. Equivalently, they characterized all $3$-connected graphs with no prism-minors. In this paper, we completely characterize the $3$-connected graphs with an edge that is contained in the union of no pair of vertex-disjoint cycles. As applications, we answer the analogous questions for edge-disjoint cycles and for $4$-connected graphs and we completely characterize the $3$-connected graphs with no prism-minor using a specified edge.
Thomassen conjectured that there is a function $f(k)$ such that every strongly $f(k)$-connected tournament contains $k$ edge-disjoint Hamiltonian cycles. This conjecture was recently proved by Kühn, Lapinskas, Osthus, and Patel who showed that $f(k)\leq O(k^2(\log k)^2)$ and conjectured that there is a constant $C$ such that $f(k)\leq Ck^2$. We prove this conjecture.
We prove that for all natural numbers $m$ and $k$ where $k$ is odd, there exists a natural number $N(k)$ such that any 3-connected cubic graph with at least $N(k)$ vertices contains a cycle of length $m$ modulo $k$. We also construct a family of graphs showing that this is not true for 2-connected cubic graphs if $m$ and $k$ are divisible by 3 and $k\geq 12$.
Merker conjectured that if $k \ge 2$ is an integer and $G$ a 3-connected cubic planar graph of circumference at least $k$, then the set of cycle lengths of $G$ must contain at least one element of the interval $[k, 2k+2]$. We here prove that for every even integer $k \ge 6$ there is an infinite family of counterexamples.
Unavoidable cycle-contraction minors of large $2$-connected graphs
本文研究了大2连通图的不可避免循环收缩minors，通过收缩循环得到minors，建立了与诱导子图定理对偶的结论。
We study the positional game where two players, Maker and Breaker, alternately select respectively $1$ and $b$ previously unclaimed edges of $K_n$. Maker wins if she succeeds in claiming all edges of some odd cycle in $K_n$ and Breaker wins otherwise. Improving on a result of Bednarska and Pikhurko, we show that Maker wins the odd cycle game if $b \leq ((4 - \sqrt{6})/5 + o(1)) n$. We furthermore introduce "connected rules" and study the odd cycle game under them, both in the Maker-Breaker as well as in the Client-Waiter variant.
In the language of hypergraphs, our main result is a Dirac-type bound: we prove that every $3$-connected hypergraph $H$ with $ δ(H)\geq \max\{|V(H)|, \frac{|E(H)|+10}{4}\}$ has a hamiltonian Berge cycle. This is sharp and refines a conjecture by Jackson from 1981 (in the language of bipartite graphs). Our proofs are in the language of bipartite graphs, since the incidence graph of each hypergraph is bipartite.
In this paper we consider the number of Hamilton cycles in planar cubic graphs of high cyclic edge-connectivity, answering two questions raised by Chia and Thomassen ("On the number of longest and almost longest cycles in cubic graphs", Ars Combin., 104, 307--320, 2012) about extremal graphs in these families. In particular, we find families of cyclically $5$-edge connected planar cubic graphs with more Hamilton cycles than the generalized Petersen graphs $P(2n,2)$. The graphs themselves are fullerene graphs that correspond to certain carbon molecules known as nanotubes --- more precisely, the…
Longest cycles intersect linearly in highly connected graphs
本文针对史密斯猜想，证明任意$k$-连通图中两个最长圈至少共享$k/600$个顶点，首次给出线性下界，并采用新结构方法推广至相关路径问题。
Disjoint chorded cycles in a $2$-connected graph
本文针对2-连通图解决Gould提出的问题，将顶点不交带弦圈的邻域并集条件从4s+1优化为4s，且该界是紧的。
We show the following for every sufficiently connected graph $G$, any vertex subset $S$ of $G$, and given integer $k$: there are $k$ disjoint odd cycles in $G$ each containing a vertex of $S$ or there is set $X$ of at most $2k-2$ vertices such that $G-X$ does not contain any odd cycle that contains a vertex of $S$. We prove this via an extension of Kawarabayashi and Reed's result about parity-$k$-linked graphs (Combinatorica 29, 215-225). From this result it is easy to deduce several other well known results about the Erdős-Pósa property of odd cycles in highly connected graphs. This strengthe…
A conjecture of Thomassen from 1982 states that for every k there is an f(k) so that every strongly f(k)-connected tournament contains k edge-disjoint Hamilton cycles. A classical theorem of Camion, that every strongly connected tournament contains a Hamilton cycle, implies that f(1)=1. So far, even the existence of f(2) was open. In this paper, we prove Thomassen's conjecture by showing that f(k)=O(k^2*log^2(k)). This is best possible up to the logarithmic factor. As a tool, we show that every strongly 10^4*k*log(k)-connected tournament is k-linked (which improves a previous exponential bound…
The classes of even-cycle matroids, even-cycle matroids with a blocking pair, and even-cut matroids each have hundreds of excluded minors. We show that the number of excluded minors for these classes can be drastically reduced if we consider in each class only the highly connected matroids of sufficient size.
In this paper we prove a sufficient condition for the existence of a Hamilton cycle, which is applicable to a wide variety of graphs, including relatively sparse graphs. In contrast to previous criteria, ours is based on only two properties: one requiring expansion of ``small'' sets, the other ensuring the existence of an edge between any two disjoint ``large'' sets. We also discuss applications in positional games, random graphs and extremal graph theory.
On Hamilton cycles in connected vertex-transitive graphs of order $2pq$
本文针对阶为$2pq$且满足特定自同构子群条件的连通点传递图，证明其均含哈密顿圈，为解决代数图论中相关公开问题提供了重要进展。
A hypergraph analog of Dirac's Theorem for long cycles in 2-connected graphs, II: Large uniformities
本文研究了超图中Berge圈的Dirac型定理，针对k ≤ r+1的情况，证明了n顶点r-均匀2-连通超图在最小度为k时包含长度至少为min{2k, n, |E(H)|}的Berge圈。
The Connected Bipartite Turán Problem for Long Cycles and Paths
本文针对Caro等人提出的连通二部图极值边数问题，精确确定了不含特定长度路径的连通二部图的极值边数与结构，还建立了不含长环的2-连通二部图的精确结构，并应用结果简洁证明了经典定理。
We give an upper bound for the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex 2-connected $r$-uniform hypergraph with no Berge cycle of length $k$ or greater, where $n\geq k \geq 4r\geq 12$. For $n$ large with respect to $r$ and $k$, this bound is sharp and is significantly stronger than the bound without restrictions on connectivity. It turned out that it is simpler to prove the bound for the broader class of Sperner families where the size of each set is at most $r$. For such families, our bound is sharp for all $n\geq k\geq r\geq 3$.
Counting $k$-cycles in $5$-connected planar triangulations
该研究证明了5-连通平面三角剖分中5圈数上界为9n-50且紧，并给出k≥6时k圈数的渐近紧上界C(k)·n^{⌊k/3⌋}。
Cycles of consecutive lengths in $3$-connected graphs
本文证明了 Lin、Wang 和 Zhou 关于 3-连通非二部图在最小度条件下包含连续长度圈的猜想对 k=4,5 成立，主要借鉴 Gao、Huo、Liu 和 Ma 的方法。
Longest cycles and longest chordless cycles in $2$-connected graphs
本文研究了2连通图中最长环与无弦环的关系，提出猜想等价于Harvey猜想，并证明该猜想在特定图类中成立。
Whitney proved in 1931 that 4-connected planar triangulations are Hamiltonian. Hakimi, Schmeichel, and Thomassen conjectured in 1979 that if $G$ is a 4-connected planar triangulation with $n$ vertices then $G$ contains at least $2(n-2)(n-4)$ Hamiltonian cycles, with equality if and only if $G$ is a double wheel. On the other hand, a recent result of Alahmadi, Aldred, and Thomassen states that there are exponentially many Hamiltonian cycles in 5-connected planar triangulations. In this paper, we consider 4-connected planar $n$-vertex triangulations $G$ that do not have too many separating 4-cyc…
The topology of an interconnection network can be modeled by a graph $G=(V(G),E(G))$. The connectivity of graph $G$ is a parameter to measure the reliability of corresponding network. Direct product is one important graph product. This paper mainly focuses on the super connectedness of direct product of graphs and cycles. The connectivity of $G$, denoted by $κ(G)$, is the size of a minimum vertex set $S\subseteq V(G)$ such that $G-S$ is not connected or has only one vertex. The graph $G$ is said to be super connected, simply super-$κ$, if every minimum vertex cut is the neighborhood of a verte…
Chords of longest cycles in graphs with large circumferences
本文证明了对于具有大周长的图，Thomassen 和 Harvey 关于最长圈弦的猜想均成立，并推广至包含线性森林的最长圈情形。
Intersections of longest cycles in vertex-transitive and highly connected graphs
针对顶点传递图和高度连通图中最长圈交集问题，提出纯组合方法强化现有界，证明k-连通图中最长圈交集顶点数达Ω(k^(2/3))，解决Babai问题并引入新构造方法。
If $X=(V(X),E(X))$ and $Y=(V(Y),E(Y))$ are $n$-vertex graphs, then their friends-and-strangers graph $\mathsf{FS}(X,Y)$ is the graph whose vertices are the bijections from $V(X)$ to $V(Y)$ in which two bijections $σ$ and $σ'$ are adjacent if and only if there is an edge $\{a,b\}\in E(X)$ such that $\{σ(a),σ(b)\}\in E(Y)$ and $σ'=σ\circ (a\,\,b)$, where $(a\,\,b)$ is the permutation of $V(X)$ that swaps $a$ and $b$. We prove general theorems that provide necessary and/or sufficient conditions for $\mathsf{FS}(X,Y)$ to be connected. As a corollary, we obtain a complete characterization of the gr…
Hakimi, Schmeichel, and Thomassen in 1979 conjectured that every $4$-connected planar triangulation $G$ on $n$ vertices has at least $2(n-2)(n-4)$ Hamiltonian cycles, with equality if and only if $G$ is a double wheel. In this paper, we show that every $4$-connected planar triangulation on $n$ vertices has $Ω(n^2)$ Hamiltonian cycles. Moreover, we show that if $G$ is a $4$-connected planar triangulation on $n$ vertices and the distance between any two vertices of degree $4$ in $G$ is at least $3$, then $G$ has $2^{Ω(n^{1/4})}$ Hamiltonian cycles.
Chords of longest cycles passing through a specified small set
本文研究经过指定小集合的最长圈的弦，推广Thomassen和Zhang的相关结果，证明了2-连通立方图、最小度≥4的3-连通图及3-连通平面图中满足特定条件的最长圈必含弦，并扩展了Li和Liu的结果。
We classify connected spanning convex subgraphs of the square cycles. We then show that every spanning tree of $C_n^2$ is contained in a unique nontrivial connected spanning convex subgraph of $C_n^2$. As a result, we obtain a purely combinatorial derivation of the formula for the number of spanning trees of the square cycles.
Independent Sets and Balanced Cycle-Linkings in 2-Connected Graphs
本研究确定了2-连通图中最大化各大小独立集数量的唯一极值图，即团阶差至多1的平衡环链，并将连通图的极值结果推广至2-连通情形。
After long term efforts, it was recently proved in \cite{DKM2} that except for the Peterson graph, every connected vertex-transitive graph of order $rs$ has a Hamilton cycle, where $r$ and $s$ are primes. A natural topic is to solve the hamiltonian problem for connected vertex-transitive graphs of $2rs$. This topic is quite trivial, as the problem is still unsolved even for that of $r=3$. In this paper, it is shown that except for the Coxeter graph, every connected vertex-transitive graph of order $2rs$ contains a Hamilton cycle, provided the automorphism group acts primitively on vertices.
Hamiltonian cycles and Hamiltonian paths in $2k$-connected, $1$-tough and $(P_{3}\cup kP_{1})$-free graphs
本文针对k≥2，证明了2k-连通、1-坚韧且不含(P₃∪kP₁)子图的图必为哈密顿图，(2k+1)-连通、坚韧度大于1且不含(P₃∪kP₁)子图的图必为哈密顿连通图。
Let $k,l,m$ be integers and $r(k,l,m)$ be the minimum integer $N$ such that for any red-blue-green coloring of $K_{N,N}$, there is a red matching of size at least $k$ in a component, or a blue matching of at least size $l$ in a component, or a green matching of size at least $m$ in a component. In this paper, we determine the exact value of $r(k,l,m)$ completely. Applying a technique originated by Łuczak that applies Szemerédi's Regularity Lemma to reduce the problem of showing the existence of a monochromatic cycle to show the existence of a monochromatic matching in a component, we obtain th…
We show that every $2$-connected cubic graph $G$ has a cycle double cover if $G$ has a spanning subgraph $F$ such that (i) every component of $F$ has an even number of vertices (ii) every component of $F$ is either a cycle or a subdivision of a Kotzig graph and (iii) the components of $F$ are connected to each other in a certain general manner.
A note on cycles in cyclically $4$-edge-connected cubic planar graphs
研究通过删除两个相邻顶点得到的图H，证明当H的周长至少为k时，存在长度在k到3k/2之间的循环，并展示线图G中可避免特定顶点的循环长度。
The research in the present paper was motivated by the conjecture of Ryjáček that every locally connected graph is weakly pancyclic. For a connected locally connected graph $G$ of order at least $3$, our results are as follows: If $G$ is $(K_1+(K_1\cup K_2))$-free, then $G$ is weakly pancyclic. If $G$ is $(K_1+(K_1\cup K_2))$-free, then $G$ is fully cycle extendable if and only if $2δ(G)\geq n(G)$. If $G$ is $\{ K_1+K_1+\bar{K}_3,K_1+P_4\}$-free or $\{ K_1+K_1+\bar{K}_3,K_1+(K_1\cup P_3)\}$-free, then $G$ is fully cycle extendable. If $G$ is distinct from $K_1+K_1+\bar{K}_3$ and $\{ K_1+P_4,K_…
A hypergraph analog of Dirac's Theorem for long cycles in 2-connected graphs
本文将 Dirac 关于 2-连通图长圈的定理推广到 r-一致超图，证明满足最小度阈值时存在长度至少 min{2k,n} 的 Berge 圈，并证明该界精确。
A connected digraph in which the in-degree of any vertex equals its out-degree is Eulerian; this baseline result is used as the basis of existence proofs for universal cycles (also known as deBruijn cycles or $U$-cycles) of several combinatorial objects. We present new results on the existence of universal cycles of certain classes of functions. These include onto functions, and 1-inequitable sequences on a binary alphabet. In each case the connectedness of the underlying graph is the non-trivial aspect to be established.
In a closed 2-cell embedding of a graph each face is homeomorphic to an open disk and is bounded by a cycle in the graph. The Orientable Strong Embedding Conjecture says that every 2-connected graph has a closed 2-cell embedding in some orientable surface. This implies both the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture and the Strong Embedding Conjecture. In this paper we prove that every 2-connected projective-planar cubic graph has a closed 2-cell embedding in some orientable surface. The three main ingredients of the proof are (1) a surgical method to convert nonorientable embeddings into orientable em…
Graph Universal Cycles: Compression and Connections to Universal Cycles
本文提出图泛部分环这一更紧凑的图类表示方法，并为带标签图、阈值图和置换图给出构造，同时揭示了其与泛环及压缩泛环的联系，还证明了置换图和无标签图上相关泛环形式的存在性。
A planar 3-connected graph $G$ is called \emph{essentially $4$-connected} if, for every 3-separator $S$, at least one of the two components of $G-S$ is an isolated vertex. Jackson and Wormald proved that the length $\mathop{\rm circ}\nolimits(G)$ of a longest cycle of any essentially 4-connected planar graph $G$ on $n$ vertices is at least $\frac{2n+4}{5}$ and Fabrici, Harant and Jendrol' improved this result to $\mathop{\rm circ}\nolimits(G)\geq \frac{1}{2}(n+4)$. In the present paper, we prove that an essentially 4-connected planar graph on $n$ vertices contains a cycle of length at least $\…
On $2$-connected graphs avoiding cycles of length $0$ modulo $4$
本文研究不含长度模4余0的圈的2-连通图的边数极值，证明了其至多有⌊(3n-1)/2⌋条边，并构造无穷多极值例子证明界是紧的。
Hamilton Cycles in Semisymmetric Graphs
本文研究了半对称图中哈密顿回路的存在性，证明了特定条件下半对称图存在哈密顿回路，并提出了构造无哈密顿回路的半对称图的问题。
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite undirected graph. Orient the edges of $G$ in an arbitrary way. A $2$-cycle on $G$ is a function $d : E^2\to \mathbb{Z}$ such for each edge $e$, $d(e, \cdot)$ and $d(\cdot, e)$ are circulations on $G$, and $d(e, f) = 0$ whenever $e$ and $f$ have a common vertex. We show that each $2$-cycle is a sum of three special types of $2$-cycles: cycle-pair $2$-cycles, Kuratowski $2$-cycles, and quad $2$-cycles. In case that the graph is Kuratowski connected, we show that each $2$-cycle is a sum of cycle-pair $2$-cycles and at most one Kuratowski $2$-cycle. Furthermore, if $G$ is…
It is proved that there exists an absolute constant c > 0 such that for every natural number k, every non-bipartite 2-connected graph with average degree at least ck contains k cycles with consecutive odd lengths. This implies the existence of the absolute constant d > 0 that every non-bipartite 2-connected graph with minimum degree at least dk contains cycles of all lengths modulo k, thus providing an answer (in a strong form) to a question of Thomassen. Both results are sharp up to the constant factors.
Let $ρ(G)$ denote the number of convex cycles of a simple graph G of order n, size m, and girth 3 <= g <=n. It is proved that $ρ(G) \leq \frac{n}{g}(m-n+1)$ and that equality holds if and only if G is an even cycle or a Moore graph. The equality also holds for a possible Moore graph of diameter 2 and degree 57 thus giving a new characterization of Moore graphs.
Connectivity Preserving Hamiltonian Cycles in $k$-Connected Dirac Graphs
本文研究满足 Dirac 度条件的 $k$-连通图，证明存在线性阶阈值，使删除一个或多个边不交 Hamilton 圈后仍保持 $k$-连通，并改进连通度恰为 $k$ 时的阶数下界。
The clustering coefficient of a vertex in a graph is the proportion of neighbours of the vertex that are adjacent. The minimum clustering coefficient of a graph is the smallest clustering coefficient taken over all vertices. A complete structural characterization of those locally connected graphs, with minimum clustering coefficient 1/2 and maximum degree at most 6, that are fully cycle extendable is given in terms of strongly induced subgraphs with given attachment sets. Moreover, it is shown that all locally connected graphs with minimum clustering coefficient 1/2 and maximum degree at most …
Long Directed Cycles in Vertex-Transitive Digraphs
在图论与群论交叉领域，寻找顶点传递图和有向图中的哈密顿圈是经典问题。本文构造无限多个最长有向圈遗漏至少\(n/12\)个顶点的连通顶点传递有向图，证实相关猜想，还将有向圈长度下限从\(\Omega(n^{1/3})\)提高到\(\Omega(\sqrt n)\) 。
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