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15-game graph contains a Hamiltonian path ? Lovász conjecture for groupoids, loops, quasigroups , etc?

Typically Cayley graphs are defined for groups and generators sets S. But basically one only needs some set S and another set V and partially defined operation SxV->V, then one defines graph with ...
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Probability problem in Sheehan's conjecture

As my first math project, I have been working on Sheehan's Conjecture and am stuck for weeks. I wonder if I am at a dead end. Sheehan's Conjecture states that every Hamiltonian 4-regular simple graph ...
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Is this graph Hamiltonian?

Let $G$ be a simple $2$-connected graph with $m+n$ vertices ($n>m \geq 3$) with degree sequence $(m-1)^m$, $(n-1)^n$; that is, $G$ is degree-equivalent to two disjoint cliques $K_m$, $K_n$ of ...
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Constructing Hamiltonian circuits in acyclic digraphs

Any directed graph $G$ lacking cycles can acquire a Hamiltonian circuit through the addition of a sufficient number of edges. Q. Is there a method to minimize the addition of edges to achieve a ...
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Does $(\omega, E)$ with the cycle condition have an $\omega$-path?

Let $G = (V,E)$ be a simple, undirected graph. We say that $v\neq w\in V$ lie on a common cycle if there is an integer $n\geq 3$ and an injective graph homomorphism $f: C_n\to V$ such that $v,w\in \...
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Generalisation of this circular arrangement of numbers from $1$ to $32$ with two adjacent numbers being perfect squares

I posted this question on MSE, and failed to get the type of answer I wanted. That's why I would like to post it here and wait for the experts to reply. Here's the link to the MSE post, which I ...
Sayan Dutta's user avatar
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Hamiltonian path in bike-lock graph with $1$ known digit

Motivation. My youngest son has a bike lock with dials, and he forgot the unlocking combination completely, except that he remembered that digit $0$ appeared somewhere in the combination. So it was my ...
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"Gray code" for building teams

Motivation. In a team of $n$ people, we had the task to build subteams of a fixed size $k<n$ such that every day, $1$ person of the subteam is replaced by another person in the team, but not in the ...
Dominic van der Zypen's user avatar
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Hamiltonian path in divisibility graph

Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers, and consider the graph $(\mathbb{N}, E)$ where a set $\{a,b\}$ of two distinct positive integers belongs to $E$ if there is an integer $k>1$ ...
Dominic van der Zypen's user avatar
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Path of length $n$ but no Hamilton cycle [closed]

What is an example of a simple graph $G = (\{1,\ldots,n\}, E)$, where $n\in\mathbb{N}$ is a positive integer, with the following properties? There is a path in $G$ of length $n$, every vertex has at ...
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Hamiltonian cycle in $S_n$ with transpositions

For any set $X$, let $[X]^2=\{\{a,b\}:a\neq b \in X\}$. If $n\in\mathbb{N}$ is a positive integer, let $S_n$ denote the collection of bijections $\varphi:\{0,\ldots,n-1\}\to\{0,\ldots,n-1\}$. Let $E_n\...
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How to construct a hamilton-connected cubic graph? Is it possible?

If we are given a large integer $k$, can we construct a hamiltonian-connected $n$-vertex graph for every even $n\geq k$ such that all its vertices are of degree 3? Is there any reference concerning ...
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"Gray code" of all permutations

Informally asking, can we step through all permutations of the set $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ by just using transpositions? More formally: For any $n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $[n] = \{1,\ldots,n\}$ and let $S_n$ be ...
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Hamiltonian paths in bipartite graphs with 2 sets of "almost" same cardinality

Suppose we have two finite disjoint sets $A, B \neq \emptyset$ such that $|A|$ and $|B|$ differ by at most $1$, and let $\Gamma = (A\cup B, E)$ where $E\subseteq \big\{\{a,b\}: a\in A, b\in B\big\}$ ...
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Hamiltonicity and minimal degree in bipartite graphs

Given an integer $k>1$, is there a connected bipartite graph $\Gamma = (A, B, E)$ where $A\cap B = \emptyset$ and $E \subseteq \big\{\{a, b\}:a\in A, b\in B\big\}$ such that $|A| = |B|$, $\text{...
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Graph gadget related to uniquely hamiltionian regular graphs (question #2)

Related to uniquely hamiltionian graphs. For natural numbers $a,b$ define $(a,b)$ gadget $G$: $G$ is finite simple graph. Two vertices $u,v$ are of degree $b$ and the rest of the vertices are of ...
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Graph gadget related to uniquely hamiltionian regular graphs

A graph is uniquely hamiltonian if it has exactly one hamiltonian cycle. According to a conjecture there are no $r$-regular uniquely hamiltonian graphs for $r > 2$ and of special interest is the ...
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