RUS  ENG
Full version
JOURNALS // Sibirskie Èlektronnye Matematicheskie Izvestiya [Siberian Electronic Mathematical Reports] // Archive

Sib. Èlektron. Mat. Izv., 2012 Volume 9, Pages 151–155 (Mi semr344)

This article is cited in 1 paper

Discrete mathematics and mathematical cybernetics

Simple algorithm for finding a second Hamilton cycle

Tommy Jensen

Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University, 1370-1 Sangyeok, Buk-gu, 702-701 Daegu, Republic of Korea

Abstract: A classical theorem of C. A. B. Smith states that for every edge $e$ of a cubic graph $G$, the number of Hamilton cycles containing $e$ in $G$ is an even number. Tutte proved Smith's theorem using a nonconstructive parity argument. Thomason later invented the lollipop algorithm and provided a first constructive proof. We describe a simple algorithm based on Tutte's proof, thus providing an alternative constructive proof of Smith's theorem. Also this algorithm is exponential in the worst case.

Keywords: Smith Theorem, cubic graph, Hamilton cycle, lollipop algorithm, parity argument.

UDC: 519.712.3

MSC: 05C45, 05C85, 68R10

Received January 16, 2012, published January 27, 2012

Language: English



© Steklov Math. Inst. of RAS, 2024