Questions tagged [hamiltonian-paths]
paths on a graph that visit each vertex exactly once
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Hamiltonian paths where the vertices are integer partitions
I have been working on this problem for several months now but have not made much progress. It concerns the set of all integer partitions of n.
Let the vertices of the graph G=G(n) denote all the p(n) ...
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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 ...
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The number of Hamiltonian paths in a tournament
If $h(T)$ denotes the number of (directed) Hamiltonian paths in the tournament $T,$ what is the range of $h(T)$ as $T$ ranges over all (finite) tournaments $T$?
By a classical theorem of Rédei (...
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Square filling self avoiding walk
I want to create an algorithm that fills a square grid with a random Hamiltonian path starting at a particular point. See this example.
One approach is to try a free direction as a next step, and ...
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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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"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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Extension of Erdős-Gallai (s,t)-path theorem to directed graphs
The following is a result of Erdős-Gallai from 1959 (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02024498):
Given a 2-connected undirected unweighted graph with minimum degree at least $d$, for every ...
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How many ways can a snake lie?
This is essentially a question about counting nonintersecting short paths in a
cubic lattice, but with a twist. (One constraint that I did not make clear below
is that when to turn is already chosen:...
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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 ...
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Paths in groups
Given a finite group $G$, write $K(G)$ for the complete digraph on the elements of $G$. Label the edge from $g$ to $h$ by element $g^{-1}h$.
Question: For what groups does there exist a Hamiltonian ...
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Are Gray codes in $\{0,1\}^n$ isomorphic?
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}$ be a positive integer. Two elements of $\{0,1\}^n$ form an edge if and only if their Hamming distance equals $1$. It is known that $\{0,1\}^n$ endowed with this graph structure ...
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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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Existence of a 2-labelled Hamiltonian Path decomposition of $K_{2n}$
I am trying to see if, for the complete graph $K_{2n}$, there exists a labelling of the vertices with two labels $a$ and $b$ (each used exactly $n$ times), such that we can decompose the graph into $n$...
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Maximum number of Hamilton paths in a tournament on $n$ vertices
Recall that a tournament is a directed graph $T$ such that for every pair of distinct vertices $\{v,w\}$, exactly one of the ordered pairs $(v,w)$, $(w,v)$ is an arc of $T$.
A tournament is strongly ...
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Integers with a Hamiltonian Square Path
Let $n>1$ be an integer and set $[n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}$. We say that $n$ has a "Hamiltonian Square Path" if there is a bijection $\varphi:[n]\to[n]$ such that for all $k\in [n-1]$ we have that $\...
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The minimum number of Hamiltonian paths in a strongly connected tournament of order $n$
For $n\ge3$ let $a(n)$ be the minimum number of Hamiltonian paths in a strong (i.e., strongly connected) tournament of order $n.$
Where is $a(n)$ discussed in the literature? Is the exact value ...
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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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Hamilton cycles in $\{0,1\}^n$ with fixed Hamming distance
Let $n>1$ be an integer. For $a,b\in \{0,1\}^n$ let $d_h(a, b)$ denote the Hamming distance of $a$ and $b$. For $k\in \{1,\ldots,n-1\}$ let $H(n,k)$ be the graph on $\{0,1\}^n$ given by the edge ...
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Hamiltonian paths on the space of graphs
Disclaimer: I am not a professional graph theorist.
Motivation:
Let's consider the set $G_N$ of graphs with $N$ vertices where the vertices are assumed to be distinguishable. This set may ...
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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
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Tournaments with exactly one directed Hamiltonian path
Every tournament contains a directed Hamiltonian path (a path visiting every vertex exactly once).
Suppose that $T$ is a tournament on $[n]:=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ for some integer $n\geq 2$ with exactly ...
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Number of Hamiltonian paths in the Hoffman-Singleton graph/Moore graphs?
Does anyone happen to know how many Hamiltonian paths are in the Hoffman-Singleton graph, or have any idea on how I could count such paths?
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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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Inspired by a card game: finding a path through $[\mathbb{N}]^n$
Motivation. Today my sons played a card game, in which a fixed number $n$ of cards was lying on the table. A move consists of adding an unused card to the cards on the table, and removing a card from ...
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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 $k>1$ ...
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Can we solve Hamiltonian Path problem for biconnected planar graphs in linear time?
Assume that we have a bi-connected planar graph $G$ with $\Delta(G)>3$, and we want to find a Hamiltonian Path in $G$. As we know the st-order of a bi-connected planar graph can be computed in ...
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$\omega$-Hamilton paths in $\mathbb{Z}^n$
For any set $X$ set $[X]^2 = \{\{x,y\}: x,y\in X, x\neq y\}$. If $n\geq 2$ is an integer, we endow $\mathbb{Z}$ with a graph structure in the following way. If $x,y\in \mathbb{Z}^n$ we say $x,y$ are ...
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Constructing optimal Hamilton cycles from optimal Hamilton paths
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can the shortest Hamilton cycle in a complete symmetric graph with weighted edges be constructed from the shortest Hamilton path in the same graph by connecting its ends and then exchanging ...
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Directed version of this lemma
On a paper by Shoham Letzter, available Here, there's a lemma that says as follows:
Lemma 0: For every graph $G$, there exist two disjoint sets $U,W\subseteq V(G)$ of equal size, such that there are ...
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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.
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Zero-One law for Hamiltonian path subgraphs of Hamming Distance Graphs?
$(\alpha,\beta,d)$-Hamming Distance Graph $G_d(\alpha,\beta)$ for $\alpha,\beta\in(0,1]$ is a graph on $2^d$ vertices $v_0,\dots,v_{2^d-1}$ with edges $(v_i,v_j)\in\mathcal E(G_d)$ iff $0<\sum_{t=1}...
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What is the relation between the different generating functions thought as finite approximations of action functionals
In the book Introduction to symplectic topology by MC Duff and Salamon, a discrete analogue of the action functional is defined on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$. The idea is that a Hamiltonian isotopy can be ...
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Does $\{0,1\}^{<\omega}$ have a Hamiltonian path?
Let $\{0,1\}^{<\omega}$ be the collection of $x \in \{0,1\}^\omega$ such that there is $N\in\omega$ with $x(k) = 0$ for all $k\geq N$. We say that $ x, y\in \{0,1\}^{<\omega}$ form an edge if ...
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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
$|A| = |B|$,
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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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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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Sub-circle-free Christmas-gift-giving
Suppose there is a group of $n$ people giving gifts to one another. Everybody brings a gift but we want the gifts to be "well-distributed" in the group. By this I mean the following:
In how many ...
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Hamiltonian path in total graph
Let $G = (V, E)$ be a finite, simple, undirected graph with $V \cap E = \emptyset$. The total graph $T(G)$ is defined on the vertex set $V \cup E$ and its edge set is given by $$E(T(G)) = E \cup \big\{...
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How to construct a hamilton-connected cubic graph? Is it possible?
If we are given a large integer $k$, can we construct a hamiltonian-connected $n$-vertex graph for every even $n\geq k$ such that all its vertices are of degree 3? Is there any reference concerning ...
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Hamiltonian Path through $n$-bit strings with maximum number of $0\mapsto 1$ transitions
Let $G_n$ be the complete graph whose vertices are the $2^n$ $n$-bit strings. Let $H_n$ denote the Hamiltonian path through $G_n$ that uses the maximum number of edges that correspond to a single bit ...
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Algorithm for multiple travelling salesmen problem with given starting point and end point
Given:
Set of n>0 cities is to be traversed by m>0 salespeople
Where all the salespeople:
Are positioned at the same starting city;
Finish at a same destination (which different from starting ...
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Hamiltonian cycles -- Partition function
Assume a complete undirected graph $G'=(\mathcal{V}',\mathcal{E}')$ and the partirion function:
$$\sum_{\boldsymbol{x}\in \{-1,+1\}^n} \prod_{\left(i,j\right)\in \mathcal{E}'} \left[1+x_{i}x_{j}\...
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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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Path cover with sets of nodes
I am considering the following variant of the path-cover problem. I have an acyclic directed graph G=(V,E). Moreover, the set V is partitioned into $V=V_1 \cup ... \cup V_k$ (these sets are pairwise ...
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Heuristics for minimum path cover of undirected graph
Suppose you would like to find a set of paths on an undirected connected graph that ensures every vertex is visited exactly once while minimising the number of paths used. In this case, a "path&...
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Graph with two edge-disjoint Hamiltonian paths between the same vertex-pair
Provided existence, what is the smallest graph $G(V,E)$ with two edge-disjoint Hamiltonian paths between $u$ and $v;\ \lbrace u,v\rbrace\subset V$?
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Reintegration Method for Shadow Removal
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question for stack overflow or for math overflow, so please point me in the right direction if I'm in the wrong place.
I am trying to implement shadow removal ...
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Countable graph that is "as non-traceable as it gets"
If $\omega$ denotes the set of the natural numbers (= the first infinite ordinal), and if $E\subseteq\binom{\omega}{2}$ is any subset, we call a map $f\colon\omega\to\omega$ a walk in the graph $(\...
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Hamiltonian path in the line graph of a connected graph
If $G = (V,E)$ is a finite, connected, simple, undirected graph, is there a Hamiltonian path in the line graph $L(G)$ of $G$?
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Traveling salesperson problem algorithm [closed]
I was wondering something, let's say in a symmetric distance matrix of a sample of TSP, there was a sure algorithm that could remove between 30% to 80% of the values (distances) that wouldn't ...
