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Hamiltonicity and forbidden subgraphs in 4‐connected graphs
Author(s) -
Pfender Florian
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of graph theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1097-0118
pISSN - 0364-9024
DOI - 10.1002/jgt.20080
Subject(s) - combinatorics , mathematics , line graph , graph , discrete mathematics , hamiltonian path , wheel graph , graph power
Let T be the line graph of the unique tree F on 8 vertices with degree sequence (3,3,3,1,1,1,1,1), i.e., T is a chain of three triangles. We show that every 4‐connected { T , K 1,3 }‐free graph has a hamiltonian cycle. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 49: 262–272, 2005