TY - JOUR ID - Adamus2009 LB - Adamus2009 AU - Adamus, Janusz TI - Edge condition for hamiltonicity in balanced tripartite graphs ST - Edge condition for hamiltonicity in balanced tripartite graphs JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2009 VL - 29 IS - 4 SP - 337 EP - 343 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2009.29.4.337 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2009.29.4.337 AB - A well-known theorem of Entringer and Schmeichel asserts that a balanced bipartite graph of order \(2n\) obtained from the complete balanced bipartite \(K_{n,n}\) by removing at most \(n-2\) edges, is bipancyclic. We prove an analogous result for balanced tripartite graphs: If \(G\) is a balanced tripartite graph of order \(3n\) and size at least \(3n^2-2n+2\), then \(G\) contains cycles of all lengths. KW - Hamilton cycle KW - pancyclicity KW - tripartite graph KW - edge condition SN - 1232-9274 ER -