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Fleischner Graphs


FleischnerGraphs

Fleischner (2014) considered uniquely hamiltonian graphsUniquely Hamiltonian Graph of minimum vertex degree 4. In particular, he constructed uniquely hamiltonian graphs in which every vertex has degree 4 or 14. His smallest examples with connectivity 2 and 3 have 338 and 408 vertices, respectively (Fleischner 2014, Goedgebeur et al. 2019).

The 338-vertex graph begins with a graph P^-=G_0 on 15 vertices and 24 edges that has two Hamiltonian cycles, then builds up a series of graphs G_1, G_2, and G_3 in which each G_t has 15+14t vertices, 24+34t edges, and two Hamiltonian cycles. He then removes degree-3 edges to produce G_4 and G_5 and applies another procedure to remove G_6 (Knuth 2025, p. 17 and Exercise 120). The culmination of this process is a graph G_7 on 338 vertices having a unique hamiltonian cycle.

The graph P^-=G_0 will be implemented in a future version of the Wolfram Language as GraphData["FleischnerGraph15"]. A 30-vertex uniquely Hamiltonian graph used in the proof that there are infinitely many 3-connected uniquely hamiltonian graphs of minimum degree 4 (Fleischner 2014) will be implemented in a future version of the Wolfram Language as GraphData["FleischnerGraph30"].


See also

Hamiltonian Cycle, Uniquely Hamiltonian Graph

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References

Fleischner, H. "Uniquely Hamiltonian Graphs of Minimum Degree 4." J. Graph Th. 75, 167-177, 2014.Goedgebeur, J.; Meersman, B.; and Zamfirescu, C. T. "Graphs with Few Hamiltonian Cycles." 15 Jul 2019. https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.05650.Knuth, D. E. "Hamiltonian Paths and Cycles." Volume 4, Pre-Fascicle 8A in The Art of Computer Programming. Draft, p. 17 and Exercise 120, Aug. 6, 2025. https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/fasc8a.ps.gz.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Fleischner Graphs." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FleischnerGraphs.html

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