
In a recent paper, we have studied the enumeration of Hamiltonian cycles (abbreviated HCs) on the grid cylinder graph Pm+1 x Cn, where m grows while n is fixed. In this sequel, we study a much harder problem of enumerating HCs on the same graph only this time letting n grow while m is fixed. We propose a characterization for non-contractible HCs which enables us to prove that their numbers hnc, m (n) satisfy a recurrence relation for every fixed m. From the computational data, we conjecture that the coefficient for the dominant positive characteristic root in the explicit formula for hnc,m (n) is 1.
Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs, thick grid cylinder, contractible cycle, Enumeration in graph theory, Hamiltonian cycles, transfer matrix method, Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects), generating functions, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Paths and cycles
Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs, thick grid cylinder, contractible cycle, Enumeration in graph theory, Hamiltonian cycles, transfer matrix method, Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects), generating functions, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), Paths and cycles
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