In 1975, Sheehan conjectured that every simple 4-regular hamiltonian graph has a second Hamilton cycle. If Sheehan's Conjecture holds, then the result can be extended to all simple d-regular hamiltonian graphs with d at least 3.
First, we survey some previous results which verify the existence of a second Hamilton cycle if d is large enough. We will then demonstrate some techniques for finding a second Hamilton cycle that will be used throughout this paper. Finally, we use these techniques and show that for certain 4-regular Hamiltonian graphs whose automorphism group is large enough, a second Hamilton cycle exists.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OOU.#10393/30290 |
| Date | 05 December 2013 |
| Creators | Wagner, Andrew |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thèse / Thesis |
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