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Title

Potential forbidden triples implying hamiltonicity: for sufficiently large 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 [1], Brousek characterizes all triples of connected graphs, G₁,G₂,G₃, with Gi=K1,3 for some i = 1,2, or 3, such that all G₁G₂ G₃-free graphs contain a hamiltonian cycle. In [8], 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 G₁G₂G₃-free graphs of sufficiently large order contain a hamiltonian cycle. In [6], a characterization was 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. In this paper we consider the question of which triples (including K1,s, s ≥ 3) of forbidden subgraphs potentially imply all sufficiently large graphs are hamiltonian. For s ≥ 4 we characterize these families.

Keywords

hamiltonian, forbidden subgraph, claw-free, induced subgraph

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Pages:
273-289
Main language of publication
English
Received
2003-12-20
Accepted
2005-06-14
Published
2005
Exact and natural sciences