A conjecture implying Thomassen's chord conjecture in graph theory

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Zhan, Xingzhi
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866914669974781952
author Zhan, Xingzhi
author_facet Zhan, Xingzhi
contents Thomassen's chord conjecture from 1976 states that every longest cycle in a $3$-connected graph has a chord. This is one of the most important unsolved problems in graph theory. We pose a new conjecture which implies Thomassen's conjecture. It involves bound vertices in a longest path between two vertices in a $k$-connected graph. We also give supporting evidence and analyze a special case. The purpose of making this new conjecture is to explore the surroundings of Thomassen's conjecture.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2402_04572
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A conjecture implying Thomassen's chord conjecture in graph theory
Zhan, Xingzhi
Combinatorics
05C38, 05C40, 05C35
Thomassen's chord conjecture from 1976 states that every longest cycle in a $3$-connected graph has a chord. This is one of the most important unsolved problems in graph theory. We pose a new conjecture which implies Thomassen's conjecture. It involves bound vertices in a longest path between two vertices in a $k$-connected graph. We also give supporting evidence and analyze a special case. The purpose of making this new conjecture is to explore the surroundings of Thomassen's conjecture.
title A conjecture implying Thomassen's chord conjecture in graph theory
topic Combinatorics
05C38, 05C40, 05C35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04572