Approximating longest cycles in graphs with bounded degrees

作者:Chen Guantao*; Gao Zhicheng; Yu Xingxing; Zang Wenan
来源:SIAM Journal on Computing, 2006, 36(3): 635-656.
DOI:10.1137/050633263

摘要

Jackson and Wormald conjecture that if G is a 3-connected n-vertex graph with maximum degree d >= 4, then G has a cycle of length Omega(n(logd-1 2)). We show that this conjecture holds when d - 1 is replaced by max{64, 4d + 1}. Our proof implies a cubic algorithm for finding such a cycle.