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# New Ore's Type Results on Hamiltonicity and Existence of Paths of Given Length in Graphs

AUTHOR(S)
Lichiardopol, Nicolas
PUB. DATE
January 2013
SOURCE
Graphs & Combinatorics;Jan2013, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p99
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The well-known Ore's theorem (see Ore in Am Math Mon 65:55, ), states that a graph G of order n such that d( x) + d( y) â‰¥ n for every pair { x, y} of non-adjacent vertices of G is Hamiltonian. In this paper, we considerably improve this theorem by proving that in a graph G of order n and of minimum degree Î´ â‰¥ 2, if there exist at least n âˆ’ Î´ vertices x of G so that the number of the vertices y of G non-adjacent to x and satisfying d( x) + d( y) â‰¤ n âˆ’ 1 is at most Î´ âˆ’ 1, then G is Hamiltonian. We will see that there are graphs which violate the condition of the so called 'Extended Ore's theorem' (see Faudree et al. in Discrete Math 307:873-877, ) as well as the condition of ChvatÃ¡l's theorem (see ChvÃ¡tal in J Combin Theory Ser B 12:163-168, ) and the condition of the so called 'Extended Fan' theorem' (see Faudree et al. in Discrete Math 307:873-877, ), but satisfy the condition of our result, which then, only allows to conclude that such graphs are Hamiltonian. This will show the pertinence of our result. We give also a new result of the same type, ensuring the existence of a path of given length.
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84364965

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