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Hamilton cycles, minimum degree and bipartite holes
We present a tight extremal threshold for the existence of Hamilton cycles in
graphs with large minimum degree and without a large ``bipartite hole`` (two
disjoint sets of vertices with no edges between them). This result extends
Dirac's classical theorem, and is related to a theorem of Chv\'atal and
Erd\H{o}s.
In detail, an -bipartite-hole in a graph consists of two disjoint
sets of vertices and with and such that there are no
edges between and ; and is the maximum integer
such that contains an -bipartite-hole for every pair of
non-negative integers and with . Our central theorem is that
a graph with at least vertices is Hamiltonian if its minimum degree is
at least .
From the proof we obtain a polynomial time algorithm that either finds a
Hamilton cycle or a large bipartite hole. The theorem also yields a condition
for the existence of edge-disjoint Hamilton cycles. We see that for dense
random graphs , the probability of failing to contain many
edge-disjoint Hamilton cycles is . Finally, we discuss
the complexity of calculating and approximating
Hamilton cycles in graphs and hypergraphs: an extremal perspective
As one of the most fundamental and well-known NP-complete problems, the
Hamilton cycle problem has been the subject of intensive research. Recent
developments in the area have highlighted the crucial role played by the
notions of expansion and quasi-randomness. These concepts and other recent
techniques have led to the solution of several long-standing problems in the
area. New aspects have also emerged, such as resilience, robustness and the
study of Hamilton cycles in hypergraphs. We survey these developments and
highlight open problems, with an emphasis on extremal and probabilistic
approaches.Comment: to appear in the Proceedings of the ICM 2014; due to given page
limits, this final version is slightly shorter than the previous arxiv
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Thoughts on Barnette's Conjecture
We prove a new sufficient condition for a cubic 3-connected planar graph to
be Hamiltonian. This condition is most easily described as a property of the
dual graph. Let be a planar triangulation. Then the dual is a cubic
3-connected planar graph, and is bipartite if and only if is
Eulerian. We prove that if the vertices of are (improperly) coloured blue
and red, such that the blue vertices cover the faces of , there is no blue
cycle, and every red cycle contains a vertex of degree at most 4, then is
Hamiltonian.
This result implies the following special case of Barnette's Conjecture: if
is an Eulerian planar triangulation, whose vertices are properly coloured
blue, red and green, such that every red-green cycle contains a vertex of
degree 4, then is Hamiltonian. Our final result highlights the
limitations of using a proper colouring of as a starting point for proving
Barnette's Conjecture. We also explain related results on Barnette's Conjecture
that were obtained by Kelmans and for which detailed self-contained proofs have
not been published.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
k-Tuple_Total_Domination_in_Inflated_Graphs
The inflated graph of a graph with vertices is obtained
from by replacing every vertex of degree of by a clique, which is
isomorph to the complete graph , and each edge of is
replaced by an edge in such a way that , , and
two different edges of are replaced by non-adjacent edges of . For
integer , the -tuple total domination number of is the minimum cardinality of a -tuple total dominating set
of , which is a set of vertices in such that every vertex of is
adjacent to at least vertices in it. For existing this number, must the
minimum degree of is at least . Here, we study the -tuple total
domination number in inflated graphs when . First we prove that
, and then we
characterize graphs that the -tuple total domination number number of
is or . Then we find bounds for this number in the
inflated graph , when has a cut-edge or cut-vertex , in terms
on the -tuple total domination number of the inflated graphs of the
components of or -components of , respectively. Finally, we
calculate this number in the inflated graphs that have obtained by some of the
known graphs
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