Two forbidden subgraph pairs for Hamiltonicity of 3-connected graphs (Q2637726)

Consider the problem of identifying the family of forbidden subgraphs that imply Hamiltonicity. Let \(N_{i,j,k}\) be the graph obtained by identifying end vertices of three disjoint paths of lengths \(i, j, k\) to the vertices of a triangle. The authors prove that every 3-connected claw-free and \(N_{i,7-i,2}\)-free graph is Hamiltonian. The result is shown to be sharp where \(i\), \(7-i\) and \(2\) in \(N_{i,7-i,2}\) are the largest integers.