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most citedImproved bounds for hypohamiltonian graphs

17 citations · 56 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

math.CO2026

On the number of perfect matchings in planar graphs

Jan Goedgebeur, Jorik Jooken, Tibo Van den Eede +1

We investigate the minimum non-zero number of perfect matchings in planar graphs. We prove that this is a constant for 2-connected planar graphs of minimum degree 3 and 3-connected…

math.CO2026

Counting Hamiltonian paths between prescribed vertices in traceable graphs with a forbidden induced subgraph

Jorik Jooken, Carol T. Zamfirescu

For graphs and , we say that is -free if does not occur as an induced subgraph of . This paper is concerned with the following question: Given an -free grap…

math.CO2025

Counting Small Cycle Double Covers

Jorik Jooken, Ben Seamone, Carol T. Zamfirescu

A theorem due to Seyffarth states that every planar -connected -vertex graph has a cycle double cover (CDC) containing at most cycles (a "small" CDC). We extend this th…

math.CO2025

On a conjecture of Faudree and Schelp

Jan Goedgebeur, Jorik Jooken, Michiel Provoost +1

In 1976 Faudree and Schelp conjectured that in a hamiltonian-connected graph on vertices, any two distinct vertices are connected by a path of length for every .…

math.CO2025

Network fault costs based on minimum leaf spanning trees

Jan Goedgebeur, Jarne Renders, Gábor Wiener +1

We study the fault-tolerance of networks from both the structural and computational point of view using the minimum leaf number of the corresponding graph , i.e. the minimum num…

math.CO2024

On the girth and connectivity of cubic graphs with a unique longest cycle

Jorik Jooken, Carol T. Zamfirescu

We show that there exists an infinite family of cubic -connected non-hamiltonian graphs with girth containing a unique longest cycle.

math.CO2024

HIST-Critical Graphs and Malkevitch's Conjecture

Jan Goedgebeur, Kenta Noguchi, Jarne Renders +1

In a given graph, a HIST is a spanning tree without -valent vertices. Motivated by developing a better understanding of HIST-free graphs, i.e. graphs containing no HIST, in this…

math.CO2023

Spanning trees for many different numbers of leaves

Kenta Noguchi, Carol T. Zamfirescu

Let be a connected graph and the set of all integers such that contains a spanning tree with exactly leaves. We show that for a connected graph , the set…

math.CO2023

Generation and New Infinite Families of -hypohamiltonian Graphs

Jan Goedgebeur, Jarne Renders, Carol T. Zamfirescu

We present an algorithm which can generate all pairwise non-isomorphic -hypohamiltonian graphs, i.e. non-hamiltonian graphs in which the removal of any pair of adjacent vertic…

math.CO2023★ 5 cited

-Hamiltonian Graphs: II

Jan Goedgebeur, Jarne Renders, Gábor Wiener +1

In this paper we use theoretical and computational tools to continue our investigation of -hamiltonian graphs, that is, graphs in which the removal of any pair of adjacent ver…

math.CO2022★ 1 cited

Few hamiltonian cycles in graphs with one or two vertex degrees

Jan Goedgebeur, Jorik Jooken, On-Hei Solomon Lo +2

We fully disprove a conjecture of Haythorpe on the minimum number of hamiltonian cycles in regular hamiltonian graphs, thereby extending a result of Zamfirescu, as well as correct…

math.CO2022★ 1 cited

Counting cycles in planar triangulations

On-Hei Solomon Lo, Carol T. Zamfirescu

We investigate the minimum number of cycles of specified lengths in planar -vertex triangulations . It is proven that this number is for any cycle length at most $3 +…

math.CO2021

4-regular 4-connected Hamiltonian graphs with few Hamiltonian cycles

Carsten Thomassen, Carol T. Zamfirescu

We prove that there exists an infinite family of 4-regular 4-connected Hamiltonian graphs with a bounded number of Hamiltonian cycles. We do not know if there exists such a family…

math.CO2021

Regular graphs with few longest cycles

Carol T. Zamfirescu

Motivated by work of Haythorpe, Thomassen and the author showed that there exists a positive constant such that there is an infinite family of 4-regular 4-connected graphs, eac…

math.CO2020

Counterexamples to a conjecture of Merker on 3-connected cubic planar graphs with a large cycle spectrum gap

Carol T. Zamfirescu

Merker conjectured that if is an integer and a 3-connected cubic planar graph of circumference at least , then the set of cycle lengths of must contain at leas…

math.CO2020★ 2 cited

Hamiltonian cycles and 1-factors in 5-regular graphs

Nico Van Cleemput, Carol T. Zamfirescu

It is proven that for any integer and , there exist infinitely many 5-regular graphs of genus containing a 1-factorisation with exactly …

math.CO2019★ 10 cited

Long Cycles and Spanning Subgraphs of Locally Maximal 1-planar Graphs

Igor Fabrici, Jochen Harant, Tomáš Madaras +3

A graph is -planar if it has a drawing in the plane such that each edge is crossed at most once by another edge. Moreover, if this drawing has the additional property that for e…

math.CO2018★ 1 cited

The Connectivity of the Dual

Drago Bokal, Gunnar Brinkmannb, Carol T. Zamfirescu

The dual of a polyhedron is a polyhedron -- or in graph theoretical terms: the dual of a 3-connected plane graph is a 3-connected plane graph. Astonishingly, except for sufficientl…

math.CO2018★ 14 cited

Graphs with few Hamiltonian Cycles

Jan Goedgebeur, Barbara Meersman, Carol T. Zamfirescu

We describe an algorithm for the exhaustive generation of non-isomorphic graphs with a given number of hamiltonian cycles, which is especially efficient for small . Ou…

math.CO2017

Structural and computational results on platypus graphs

Jan Goedgebeur, Addie Neyt, Carol T. Zamfirescu

A platypus graph is a non-hamiltonian graph for which every vertex-deleted subgraph is traceable. They are closely related to families of graphs satisfying interesting conditions r…

math.CO2016

On Hypohamiltonian Snarks and a Theorem of Fiorini

Jan Goedgebeur, Carol T. Zamfirescu

We discuss an omission in the statement and proof of Fiorini's 1983 theorem on hypohamiltonian snarks and present a version of this theorem which is more general in several ways. U…

math.CO2016

On almost hypohamiltonian graphs

Jan Goedgebeur, Carol T. Zamfirescu

A graph is almost hypohamiltonian (a.h.) if is non-hamiltonian, there exists a vertex in such that is non-hamiltonian, and is hamiltonian for every…

math.CO2016★ 3 cited

Polyhedra with few 3-cuts are hamiltonian

Gunnar Brinkmann, Carol T. Zamfirescu

In 1956, Tutte showed that every planar 4-connected graph is hamiltonian. In this article, we will generalize this result and prove that polyhedra with at most three 3-cuts are ham…

math.CO2016★ 17 cited

Improved bounds for hypohamiltonian graphs

Jan Goedgebeur, Carol T. Zamfirescu

A graph is hypohamiltonian if is non-hamiltonian and is hamiltonian for every . In the following, every graph is assumed to be hypohamiltonian. Aldred,…