On vertices enforcing a Hamiltonian cycle
Author(s) -
Igor Fabrici,
Erhard Hexel,
Stanislav Jendrol′
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
discussiones mathematicae graph theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2083-5892
pISSN - 1234-3099
DOI - 10.7151/dmgt.1653
Subject(s) - combinatorics , hamiltonian path , mathematics , hamiltonian (control theory) , vertex (graph theory) , pancyclic graph , graph , planar graph , bound graph , wheel graph , upper and lower bounds , discrete mathematics , chordal graph , graph power , 1 planar graph , line graph , mathematical analysis , mathematical optimization
A nonempty vertex set X ⊆ V (G) of a hamiltonian graph G is called an H-force set of G if every X-cycle of G (i.e. a cycle of G containing all vertices of X) is hamiltonian. The H-force number h(G) of a graph G is defined to be the smallest cardinality of an H-force set of G. In the paper the study of this parameter is introduced and its value or a lower bound for outerplanar graphs, planar graphs, k-connected graphs and prisms over graphs is determined.
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