On Cayley digraphs that do not have hamiltonian paths

We construct an infinite family of connected, 2-generated Cayley digraphs Cay(G;a,b) that do not have hamiltonian paths, such that the orders of the generators a and b are arbitrarily large. We also prove that if G is any finite group with |[G,G]| < 4, then every connected Cayley digraph on G has a hamiltonian path (but the conclusion does not always hold when |[G,G]| = 4 or 5).Comment: 10 pages, plus 14-page appendix of notes to aid the refere

2-generated Cayley digraphs on nilpotent groups have hamiltonian paths

Suppose G is a nilpotent, finite group. We show that if {a,b} is any 2-element generating set of G, then the corresponding Cayley digraph Cay(G;a,b) has a hamiltonian path. This implies there is a hamiltonian path in every connected Cayley graph on G that has valence at most 4.Comment: 7 pages, no figures; corrected a few typographical error

Infinitely many nonsolvable groups whose Cayley graphs are hamiltonian

This note shows there are infinitely many finite groups G, such that every connected Cayley graph on G has a hamiltonian cycle, and G is not solvable. Specifically, for every prime p that is congruent to 1, modulo 30, we show there is a hamiltonian cycle in every connected Cayley graph on the direct product of the cyclic group of order p with the alternating group A_5 on five letters.Comment: 7 pages, plus a 22-page appendix of notes to aid the refere