Paper 3, Section II, I

Graph Theory
Part II, 2015

(a) Let GG be a graph. What is a Hamilton cycle in GG ? What does it mean to say that GG is Hamiltonian?

(b) Let GG be a graph of order n3n \geqslant 3 satisfying δ(G)n2\delta(G) \geqslant \frac{n}{2}. Show that GG is Hamiltonian. For each n3n \geqslant 3, exhibit a non-Hamiltonian graph GnG_{n} of order nn with δ(Gn)=n21\delta\left(G_{n}\right)=\left\lceil\frac{n}{2}\right\rceil-1.

(c) Let HH be a bipartite graph with n2n \geqslant 2 vertices in each class satisfying δ(H)>n2\delta(H)>\frac{n}{2}. Show that HH is Hamiltonian. For each n2n \geqslant 2, exhibit a non-Hamiltonian bipartite graph HnH_{n} with nn vertices in each class and δ(Hn)=n2\delta\left(H_{n}\right)=\left\lfloor\frac{n}{2}\right\rfloor.