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Barnette Hamiltonian cycles: The theorem has precisely the cubic, bipartite, planar and three-vertex-connected hypotheses of Barnette’s conjecture and yields a Hamiltonian cycle.
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Barnette's Conjecture
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Barnette Hamiltonian cycles: The claimed Hamiltonicity theorem concerns finite simple cubic bipartite planar graphs with vertex connectivity three. It also yields avoidance of an individually prescribed edge by a suitable Hamiltonian cycle.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For a finite graph without loops or multiple edges, assume planarity, bipartiteness, degree three at every vertex, and $3$-vertex-connectivity. The asserted conclusion is existence of a Hamiltonian cycle, that is, a cycle passing through every vertex exactly once. A stated strengthening says that for each chosen edge $e$ there is such a cycle avoiding $e$. The planar dual formulation partitions the vertices of a black-and-white face-colored sphere triangulation into two induced trees, with either specified facial-edge endpoints in one tree and the third face vertex in the other.Outline of the argument
Barnette Hamiltonian cycles: The sphere dual is a triangulation with black and white triangular faces. Hamiltonicity is translated into a partition of its vertices into two induced trees, where every within-class edge must be retained. Paired states organize local modifications and the prescribed facial-edge conditions, producing the partition and then the primal cycle.Formal verification
Family 180 describes Lean coverage for Hamiltonian-cycle existence in the cubic bipartite planar vertex-connected setting.Barnette Hamiltonian cycles: The manuscript links BarnetteHamiltonian.lean.
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- OpenAI, Paired states and Hamiltonian cycles in cubic bipartite planar graphs, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:Paired-states-and-Hamiltonian-cycles-in-cubic-bipartite-planar-graphs-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main; Statement source: thm:partition; Statement source: cor:edge-avoidance; Statement source: cor:pfaffian-paths. - Family 180: Lean scope.
- Comparator BarnetteHamiltonian.json.
- Comparator BarnetteHamiltonian.lean.
- OpenAI catalogue entry.