Finding and displaying Hamiltonian cycles in Matgraph
We illustrate how to find a Hamiltonian cycle in a graph, convert that cycle into a subgraph, and then display the results.
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Create a graph and find a Hamiltonian cycle
For this illustration, we use the dodecahedron graph.
Note: The dodecahedron graph comes with a built-in embedding. We use this embedding later when we draw the graph and its Hamiltonian cycle.
g = graph; dodecahedron(g); c = hamiltonian_cycle(g); disp(c')
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Convert the list of vertices into a cycle graph
n = nv(g); h = graph(n); for k=1:n-1 add(h,c(k),c(k+1)) end add(h,c(1),c(n))
Copy the embedding of the original graph to the cycle
embed(h, getxy(g))
Create the drawing
We first draw g with dotted lines and then overlay the result with h drawn with solid lines.
draw(g,':')
draw(h)

Release graphs
free(g) free(h)