ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Forbidden triples implying Hamiltonicity: for all graphs

Authors 1, 2, 3

Affiliations

  1. University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
  2. Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
  3. University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO 80217, USA

Abstract

In [2], Brousek characterizes all triples of graphs, G₁, G₂, G₃, with Gi=K1,3 for some i = 1, 2, or 3, such that all G₁G₂G₃-free graphs contain a hamiltonian cycle. In [6], Faudree, Gould, Jacobson and Lesniak consider the problem of finding triples of graphs G₁, G₂, G₃, none of which is a K1,s, s ≥ 3 such that G₁, G₂, G₃-free graphs of sufficiently large order contain a hamiltonian cycle. In this paper, a characterization will be given of all triples G₁, G₂, G₃ with none being K1,3, such that all G₁G₂G₃-free graphs are hamiltonian. This result, together with the triples given by Brousek, completely characterize the forbidden triples G₁, G₂, G₃ such that all G₁G₂G₃-free graphs are hamiltonian.

Keywords

hamiltonian, induced subgraph, forbidden subgraphs

Bibliography

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Pages:
47-54
Main language of publication
English
Received
2001-03-15
Accepted
2003-04-25
Published
2004
Exact and natural sciences