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Keywords:
Hamiltonian cycle; power of connected graph; matching; powers of graphs; matching in graphs
Summary:
In this paper the following theorem is proved: Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $p\geq 4$ and let $M$ be a matching in $G$. Then there exists a hamiltonian cycle $C$ of $G^4$ such that $E(C)\bigcap M=0$.
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