Finding hidden hamiltonian cycles

  • Andrei Z. Broder*
  • , Alan M. Frieze
  • , Eli Shamir
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Consider a random graph G composed of a Hamiltonian cycle on n labeled vertices and dn random edges that “high” the cycle. Is it possible to unravel the structures, that is, to efficiently find a Himiltonian cycle in G? We describe an O(n3 log n)‐step algorithm A for this purpose, and prove that it succeeds almost surely. Part one of A properly covers the “trouble spots” of G by a collection of disjoint paths. (This is the hard part to analyze). Part two of A extends this cover to a full cycle by the rotation‐extension technique which is already classical for such problems. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)395-410
Number of pages16
JournalRandom Structures and Algorithms
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1994

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