时 间: 2022-07-08 14:00 — 15:00
Merker recently proved that, for any positive integer k, every 3-connected cubic planar graph of circumference at least k has a cycle whose length is in [k,2k+9]. We improve Merker’s result to [k,2k+3] and construct an infinite family of 3-connected cubic planar graphs showing that this is best possible. We also prove that the same result holds for all 3-connected planar graphs of circumference at least k, confirming a conjecture of Merker. Joint work with On-Hei Solomon Lo.