Discrete Mathematics ( IF 0.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-09 , DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2021.112522 James Carraher 1 , Michael Ferrara 1 , Timothy Morris 1 , Michael Santana 2
In 1984, Matthews and Sumner conjectured that every 4-connected, claw-free graph contains a Hamiltonian cycle. This still unresolved conjecture has been the motivation for research into the existence of other cycle structures. In this paper, we consider the stronger property of pancyclicity for 4-connected graphs. In particular, we show that every 4-connected, -free graph, where and , is pancyclic. This, together with results by Ferrara, Morris, Wenger, and Ferrara et al. completes a characterization of the graphs Y such that every -free graph is pancyclic. In addition, this represents the best known progress towards answering a question of Gould concerning a characterization of the pairs of forbidden subgraphs that imply pancyclicity in 4-connected graphs.
中文翻译:
在 4 连通、无爪图中表征暗示泛环性的禁止子图
1984 年,Matthews 和 Sumner 推测每个 4 连通的无爪图都包含一个哈密顿圈。这个仍未解决的猜想一直是研究其他循环结构存在的动机。在本文中,我们考虑了 4 连通图的泛循环性更强的特性。特别地,我们证明了每一个 4-connected,- 自由图,其中 和 ,是泛环的。这与费拉拉、莫里斯、温格和费拉拉等人的结果一起。完成图Y的表征,使得每个-free 图是泛环的。此外,这代表了在回答 Gould 问题方面最著名的进展,该问题涉及在 4 连通图中暗示泛环性的禁用子图对的表征。