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Cyclability of r-regular r-connected graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

W.D. McCuaig
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaV5AIS6 Department of Mathematics, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva 84120, Israel Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
M. Rosenfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaV5AIS6 Department of Mathematics, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva 84120, Israel Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Abstract

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For each value of r ≥ 4, r even, we construct infinitely many r-regular, r-connected graphs whose cyclability is not greater than 6r − 4 if r = 0 (mod 4) and 8r − 5 if r ≡ 2 (mod 4).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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