Sufficient conditions for semicomplete multipartite digraphs to be Hamiltonian

Yubao Guo, Meike Tewes, Lutz Volkmann, Anders Yeo

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Abstract

A semicomplete multipartite digraph is obtained by replacing each edge of a complete multipartite graph by an arc or by a pair of two mutually opposite arcs. Very recently, Yeo (J. Graph Theory 24 (1997) 175-185), proved that every regular semicomplete multipartite digraph is Hamiltonian. With this, Yeo confirmed a conjecture of Zhang (Ann. Discrete Math. 41 (1989) 499-514). In the first part of this paper, a generalization of regularity is considered. We extend Yeo's result to semicomplete multipartite digraphs that satisfy this generalized condition apart from exactly two exceptions. In the second part, we introduce the so-called semi-partition complete digraphs and show that this family is Hamiltonian or cycle complementary, when, clearly, the cardinality of each partite set is less than or equal to half the order.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-100
Number of pages10
JournalDiscrete Mathematics
Volume212
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Feb 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hamiltonian cycles
  • Multipartite tournaments
  • Regular digraphs
  • Semicomplete multipartite digraphs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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