Quadrangularly connected claw-free graphs

Ming Chu Li*, Cheng Guo, Liming Xiong, Dengxin Li, Hong Jian Lai

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Abstract

A graph G is quadrangularly connected if for every pair of edges e1 and e2 in E (G), G has a sequence of l-cycles (3 ≤ l ≤ 4)C1, C2, ..., Cr such that e1 ∈ E (C1) and e2 ∈ E (Cr) and E (Ci) ∩ E (Ci + 1) ≠ ∅ for i = 1, 2, ..., r - 1. In this paper, we show that every quadrangularly connected claw-free graph without vertices of degree 1, which does not contain an induced subgraph H isomorphic to either G1 or G2 such that N1 (x, G) of every vertex x of degree 4 in H is disconnected is hamiltonian, which implies a result by Z. Ryjáček [Hamiltonian circuits in N2-locally connected K1, 3-free graphs, J. Graph Theory 14 (1990) 321-331] and other known results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1205-1211
Number of pages7
JournalDiscrete Mathematics
Volume307
Issue number9-10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 May 2007

Keywords

  • Claw-free graph
  • Cycle
  • Quadrangularly connected

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