Title
The circumference of a graph with no K3,t-minor
Abstract
It was shown by Chen and Yu that every 3-connected planar graph G contains a cycle of length at least |G|^l^o^g^"^3^2, where |G| denotes the number of vertices of G. Thomas made a conjecture in a more general setting: there exists a function @b(t)0 for t=3, such that every 3-connected graph G with no K"3","t-minor, t=3, contains a cycle of length at least |G|^@b^(^t^). We prove that this conjecture is true with @b(t)=log"8"t"^"t"^"+"^"12. We also show that every 2-connected graph with no K"2","t-minor, t=3, contains a cycle of length at least |G|/t^t^-^1.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1016/j.jctb.2006.02.006
J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B
Keywords
Field
DocType
3-connected graph,g. thomas,circumference,2-connected graph,3-connected planar graph,minor,general setting,cycle,connectivity,path,connected graph,planar graph,graph minor
Wheel graph,Circumference,Combinatorics,Graph toughness,Vertex (geometry),Cycle graph,Distance-regular graph,Graph minor,Mathematics,Planar graph
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
96
6
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.51
16
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
G. Chen1328.36
Laura Sheppardson2112.06
Xingxing Yu357768.19
Wenan Zang430539.19