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9.5 Euler and Hamilton Paths. The town of Königsberg , Prussia, was divided into four sections by the branches of the Pregel River. These four sections A, B, C, and D connected by seven bridges . Shown in Figure 1 .
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9.5 Euler and Hamilton Paths • The town of Königsberg, Prussia, was divided into four sections by the branches of the Pregel River. • These four sections A, B, C, and D connected by seven bridges . Shown in Figure 1. • The townspeople took long walks through town on Sundays. Then wondered whether it was possible to start at some location in the town, travel across all the bridges without crossing any bridge twice, and return to the starting point. • Method: Euler use themultigraphobtained. Shown in Figure 2.
Euler Paths and Circuits FIGURE 1 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg. FIGURE 2 Multigraph Model of the Town of Königsberg.
Euler Paths and Circuits • Definition 1: An Euler circuit in a graph G is a simple circuit containing every edge of G . An Euler path in G is a simple path containing every edge of G.
Euler Paths and Circuits • Example 1: Which of the undirected graphs in Figure 3 have an Euler circuit ? Of those that don’t, which have an Euler path? FIGURE 3 The Undirected Graphs G1, G2, and G3.
Euler Paths and Circuits • Example 2: Which of the directed graphs in Figure 4 have an Euler circuit ? Of those that do not, which an Euler path? FIGURE 4 The Directed Graphs H1, H2, and H3.
Euler Paths and Circuits • Theorem 1: A connected multigraph with at least two vertices has an Euler circuit if and only if each of its vertices has even degree.
Euler Paths and Circuits • ALGORITHM 1 Constructing Euler Circuits. procedure Euler (G : connected multigraph with all vertices of even degree) circuit := a circuit in G beginning at an arbitrarily chosenvertex with edges successively added to form a path that returns to this vertex H :=G with the edges of this circuit removed while H has edges begin subcircuit := a circuit in H beginning at a vertex in H that also is an endpoint of an edge of circuit H := H with edges of subcircuit and all isolated vertices removed circuit := circuit with subcircuit inserted at the appropriate vertex end {circuit is an Euler Circuits}
Euler Paths and Circuits • Example 3: Many puzzles ask you to draw a picture in a continuous motion without lifting a pencil so that no part of the picture is retraced . We can solve such puzzles using Euler circuits and paths. For example, can Mohammed’s scimitars, shown in below, be drawn in this way, where the drawing begins and ends at the same point? FIGURE 6 Mohammed’s Scimitars.
Euler Paths and Circuits • Theorem 2: A connected multigraph has an Euler path but not an Euler circuit if and only if it has exactly two vertices of odd degree. • Example 4: Which graphs shown in below have an Euler path? FIGURE 7 Three Undirected Graphs.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • Definition 2: A simple path in a graph G that passes through every vertex exactly once is called a Hamilton path, and a simple circuit in a graph G that passes through every vertex exactly once is called a Hamilton circuit. • That is , the simple path x0, x1,. . .,xn, in the graph G=(V, E) is a Hamilton path if V= {x0, x1,. . .,xn} and xi xJ for 0 i < j n , and the simple circuit x0, x1,. . .,xn ,x0 (with n>0) is a Hamilton circuit if x0, x1,. . .,xn Hamilton path.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • Icosian puzzle: It consisted of a wooden dodecahedron (a polyhedron with 12 regular pentagons as faces, as shown in Figure 8(a) ), with a peg at each vertex of the dodecahedron, and string. FIGURE 8 Hamilton’s “A Voyage Round the World” Puzzle.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • We will consider the equivalent question: Is there a circuit in the graph shown in Figure 8(b) that passes through each vertex exactly once? • This solves the puzzle because this graphs is isomorphic to the graph consisting of the vertices and edges of the dodecahedron, a solution of Hamilton’s puzzle is shown in below. FIGURE 9 A Solution to the “A Voyage Round the World” Puzzle.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • Example 15: Which of the simple graphs in Figure 10 have a Hamilton circuit or , if not , a Hamilton path? FIGURE 10 Three Simple Graphs.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • Example 6: Show that neither graph displayed in Figure 11 has a Hamilton circuit. FIGURE 11 Two Graphs That Do Not Have a Hamilton Circuit.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • Theorem 3: DIRAC’S THEOREM if G is a simple graph with n vertices with n 3 such that the degree of every vertex in G is at least n/2 , then G has Hamilton circuit. • Theorem 4: ORE’S THEOREM if G is a simple graph with n vertices with n 3 such that deg(u)+ deg(v) n for every pair of nonadjacent vertices u and v in G, then G has a Hamilton circuit.
Hamilton Paths and Circuits • Hamilton paths and circuits can be used to solve practical problems by finding a Hamilton path or circuit in the appropriate graph model. • The famous traveling salesman problem asks for the shortest route a traveling salesman should take to visit a set of cities. • This problem reduces to finding a Hamilton circuit in a complete graph such that the total weight of its edges is s small as possible. We will return to this question in Section 9.6 .
