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Fleischner Graphs


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The Fleischner graphs arise in Fleischner's (2014) construction of uniquely Hamiltonian graphs of minimum vertex degree 4. In particular, he constructed uniquely Hamiltonian graphs in which every graph vertex has vertex degree 4 or 14. His smallest examples with vertex connectivity 2 and 3 have 338 and 408 vertices, respectively (Fleischner 2014, Goedgebeur et al. 2019).

The 338-vertex graph begins with a graph P^-=G_0 on 15 vertices and 24 edges that has two Hamiltonian cycles, then builds up a series of graphs G_1, G_2, and G_3 in which each G_t has 15+14t vertices, 24+34t edges, and two Hamiltonian cycles. He then defines G_4 and G_5 by removing the degree-3 vertices Y and z. A further construction removes y and Z in G_6 (Knuth 2025, p. 17 and Exercise 120). The culmination of this process is a graph G_7 on 338 vertices having a unique Hamiltonian cycle.

Fleischner also constructed a 30-vertex uniquely Hamiltonian graph used in the proof that infinitely many 3-connected graphs are uniquely Hamiltonian and have minimum vertex degree 4 (Fleischner 2014).

Some of the graphs discussed above are implemented in the Wolfram Language as GraphData["FleischnerGraph15"], GraphData["FleischnerGraph30"], GraphData["FleischnerGraph57"], GraphData["FleischnerGraph169"], and GraphData["FleischnerGraph338"].


See also

Hamiltonian Cycle, Uniquely Hamiltonian Graph

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References

Fleischner, H. "Uniquely Hamiltonian Graphs of Minimum Degree 4." J. Graph Th. 75, 167-177, 2014.Goedgebeur, J.; Meersman, B.; and Zamfirescu, C. T. "Graphs with Few Hamiltonian Cycles." 15 Jul 2019. https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.05650.House of Graphs. Fleischner Graphs. Fleischner Graph 15.Knuth, D. E. "Hamiltonian Paths and Cycles." Pre-Fascicle 8A of The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 4. Draft, p. 17 and Exercise 120, Dec. 4, 2025. https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/fasc8a.pdf.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Fleischner Graphs." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FleischnerGraphs.html

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