Hamilton-connected properties of 3-connected {claw,hourglass,bull}-free graphs

Panpan Wang, Liming Xiong*

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Abstract

An hourglass Γ0 is the graph with degree sequence {4, 2, 2, 2, 2}. In this paper, for integers j ≥ i ≥ 1, the bull Bi,j is the graph obtained by attaching endvertices of two disjoint paths of lengths i, j to two vertices of a triangle. We show that every 3-connected {K1,3, Γ0, X}free graph, where X ∈ {B2,12, B4,10, B6,8}, is Hamilton-connected. Moreover, we give an example to show the sharpness of our result, and complete the characterization of forbidden induced bulls implying Hamilton-connectedness of a 3-connected {claw, hourglass, bull}-free graph.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)187-209
Number of pages23
JournalArs Combinatoria
Volume161
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Bull
  • Claw
  • Forbidden subgraph
  • Hamilton-connected
  • Hourglass

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