Contractible Hamiltonian cycles in triangulated surfaces

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Abstract: A triangulation of a surface is called q-equivelar if each of its vertices is incident with exactly q triangles. In 1972 Altshuler had shown that an equivelar triangulation of torus has a Hamiltonian Circuit. Here we present a necessary and sufficient condition for existence of a contractible Hamiltonian Cycle in equivelar triangulation of a surface.


Summary: A triangulation of a surface is called \(q\)-equivelar if each of its vertices is incident with exactly \(q\) triangles. \textit{A. Altshuler} [Discrete Math. 1, 299--314 (1972; Zbl 0226.05109)] had shown that an equivelar triangulation of torus has a Hamiltonian circuit. Here we present a necessary and sufficient condition for existence of a contractible Hamiltonian cycle in equivelar triangulation of a surface.











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