Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications (EJGTA)
Vol 10, No 2 (2022): Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications

Deriving graphs with a retracting-free bidirectional double tracing

Vladimir R. Rosenfeld (Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Ariel University, Ariel 4070000, Israel)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Sep 2022

Abstract

A retracting-free bidirectional double tracing in a graph G is a closed walk which traverses every edge exactly once in each direction and such that no edge is succeeded by the same edge in the opposite direction. Studying the class Ω of all graphs admitting a retracting-free bidirectional double tracing was proposed by Ore (1951) and is, by now, of practical use to (bio)nanotechnology. In particular, this field needs various molecular polyhedra that are constructed from a single chain molecule in a retracting-free bidirectional double-tracing way.A cubic graph Q ∈ Ω has 3h edges, where h is an odd number ≥3. The graph of the triangular prism is the minimum cubic graph Q ∈ Ω, having 6 vertices and 9 edges. The graph of the square pyramid is the minimum polyhedral graph G in Ω, having 5 vertices and 8 edges.We analyze some possibilities for deriving new Ω-graphs from a given graph G ∈ Ω or G ∉ Ω using graph-theoretical operations. In particular, there was found that every noncycle Eulerian graph H admits a retracting-free bidirectional double tracing (H ∈ Ω), which is a partial solution to the problem posed by Ore.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejgta

Publisher

Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

The Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications (EJGTA) is a refereed journal devoted to all areas of modern graph theory together with applications to other fields of mathematics, computer science and other sciences. The journal is published by the Indonesian Combinatorial Society ...