Exact Numbers of Longest Cycles with Empty Intersection

Author: Jendrol S.   Skupien Z.  

Publisher: Academic Press

ISSN: 0195-6698

Source: European Journal of Combinatorics, Vol.18, Iss.5, 1997-07, pp. : 575-578

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Abstract

We have proved that, for every integer nu>7, there is a 2-connected graph having nu longest cycles the intersection of which is empty, but any set of nu-1 longest cycles has a non-empty intersection. This implies a new bound, c<6, on a parameter c introduced by T. Zamfirescu.