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    theory, a Hamiltonian path (or traceable path) is a path in an undirected or directed graph that visits each vertex exactly once. A Hamiltonian cycle (or...
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  • The Hamiltonian path problem is a topic discussed in the fields of complexity theory and graph theory. It decides if a directed or undirected graph, G...
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    includes every vertex of the graph without repeats is known as a Hamiltonian path. Two paths are vertex-independent (alternatively, internally disjoint or...
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  • optimal control for a dynamical system Hamiltonian path, a path in a graph that visits each vertex exactly once Hamiltonian matrix, a matrix with certain special...
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  • critical path in scheduling problems. The NP-hardness of the unweighted longest path problem can be shown using a reduction from the Hamiltonian path problem:...
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    The Petersen graph has a Hamiltonian path but no Hamiltonian cycle. It is the smallest bridgeless cubic graph with no Hamiltonian cycle. It is hypohamiltonian...
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  • directed Hamiltonian path in the DAG. If a Hamiltonian path exists, the topological sort order is unique; no other order respects the edges of the path. Conversely...
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    odd-degree vertices Hamiltonian path – a path that visits each vertex exactly once. Route inspection problem, search for the shortest path that visits all...
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    path if and only if there is a Hamiltonian path in G. The Hamiltonian path problem is NP-complete, and hence the minimum path cover problem is NP-hard. However...
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    Knight's tour (category Hamiltonian paths and cycles)
    general Hamiltonian path problem in graph theory. The problem of finding a closed knight's tour is similarly an instance of the Hamiltonian cycle problem...
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  • Hamilton's work in this area resulted indirectly in the terms Hamiltonian circuit and Hamiltonian path in graph theory. He also invented the icosian game as a...
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  • to make them Hamiltonian. Wu, Q. S.; Lu, Chin Lung; Lee, Richard C. T. (2000), "An approximate algorithm for the weighted Hamiltonian path completion problem...
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    Ore's theorem (category Hamiltonian paths and cycles)
    would create at least one new Hamiltonian cycle, and the edges other than xy in such a cycle must form a Hamiltonian path v1v2...vn in H with x = v1 and...
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    Travelling salesman problem (category Hamiltonian paths and cycles)
    find a Hamiltonian cycle with the least weight. This is more general than the Hamiltonian path problem, which only asks if a Hamiltonian path (or cycle)...
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  • Lovász conjecture (category Hamiltonian paths and cycles)
    a Hamiltonian path? More unsolved problems in mathematics In graph theory, the Lovász conjecture (1969) is a classical problem on Hamiltonian paths in...
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    an Archimedean solid. It is one of six Catalan solids to not have a Hamiltonian path among its vertices. It is topologically identical to the nonconvex...
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    / 2 {\displaystyle (n-1)/2} Hamiltonian paths that zigzag across the polygon, with each path rotated from each other path by a multiple of π / ( n − 1...
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    contain a Hamiltonian cycle. It states that, if G {\displaystyle G} is a 2-vertex-connected graph, then the square of G {\displaystyle G} is Hamiltonian. It...
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  • Tait's conjecture (category Hamiltonian paths and cycles)
    Tait's conjecture states that "Every 3-connected planar cubic graph has a Hamiltonian cycle (along the edges) through all its vertices". It was proposed by...
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    finite number n {\displaystyle n} of vertices contains a Hamiltonian path, i.e., directed path on all n {\displaystyle n} vertices (Rédei 1934). This is...
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    proof-of-concept use of DNA as a form of computation which solved the seven-point Hamiltonian path problem. Since the initial Adleman experiments, advances have occurred...
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  • mechanics Hamiltonian optics Hamiltonian principle, see Hamilton's principle Hamiltonian system Hamiltonian vector field In mathematics: Hamiltonian path, in...
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  • Shortest Path First Flooding algorithm Route inspection problem Hamiltonian path Hamiltonian path problem Knight's tour Traveling salesman problem Nearest neighbour...
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  • never less than the chromatic number. Hamiltonian A Hamiltonian path or Hamiltonian cycle is a simple spanning path or simple spanning cycle: it covers...
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    + 12 = 12312 = 312. Any Hamiltonian path through the created graph is a superpermutation, and the problem of finding the path with the smallest weight...
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    enters the path integrals (for interactions of a certain type, these are coordinate space or Feynman path integrals), than the Hamiltonian. Possible downsides...
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    Panconnected graphs are also a generalization of Hamiltonian-connected graphs (graphs that have a Hamiltonian path connecting every pair of vertices). Several...
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    hypercube Qn with n > 1 has a Hamiltonian cycle, a cycle that visits each vertex exactly once. Additionally, a Hamiltonian path exists between two vertices...
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    line graph of an arbitrary tree so that it contains a Hamiltonian path (the size of its Hamiltonian completion) equals the minimum number of edge-disjoint...
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    program E. coli to solve complicated mathematics problems, such as the Hamiltonian path problem. A computer to control protein production of E. coli within...
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