r-regular graphs are not uniquely hamiltonian.

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Author(s): Sheehan, John
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Posted by: Robert Samal
on: July 24th, 2007
Conjecture   If $ G $ is a finite $ r $-regular graph, where $ r > 2 $, then $ G $ is not uniquely hamiltonian.

(Reproduced from [M].)

A graph $ G $ is said to be uniquely hamiltonian if it contains precisely one Hamiltonian cycle.

This conjecture has been proved for all odd values of $ r $ [T] and for all even values of $ r > 23 $ [H]. By Petersen's theorem, it would suffice to prove it for $ r = 4 $.

Bibliography

[H] P. Haxell, Oberwolfach reports, 2006.

[M] Bojan Mohar, Problem of the Month

*[S] John Sheehan: The multiplicity of Hamiltonian circuits in a graph. Recent advances in graph theory (Proc. Second Czechoslovak Sympos., Prague, 1974), pp. 477-480. Academia, Prague, 1975, MathSciNet

[T] A.G. Thomason, Hamiltonian cycles and uniquely edge colourable graphs. Advances in graph theory (Cambridge Combinatorial Conf., Trinity College, Cambridge, 1977). Ann. Discrete Math. 3 (1978), Exp. No. 13, 3 pp.


* indicates original appearance(s) of problem.

Is this question still open?

I think, the autor answers the question in this article: Uniqueness of maximal dominating cycles in 3-regular graphs and of hamiltonian cycles in 4-regular graphs (https://doi.org/10.1002/jgt.3190180503). (And the conjecture is fals for all even values.) Am I wrong?

The construction in that

The construction in that paper has parallel edges, so it is not a counter example. As far as I am aware, Sheehan's conjecture is still open.

The conjecture is only for

The conjecture is only for simple graphs. The paper you mention gives counterexamples that have multiple edges.

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