# we-solve research prompt: Math-1380, Hamiltonian cycles in line graphs of infinite graphs

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/hamiltonian-cycles-in-line-graphs-of-infinite-graphs/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3300; source catalogue code OPG-488
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\section*{Hamiltonian cycles in line graphs of infinite graphs}\label{3300}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3300 · OPG-488 · Graph Theory · OpenGarden}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $G$ be a connected locally finite simple graph, finite or infinite. Its line graph $L(G)$ has one vertex for each edge of $G$, with two distinct vertices adjacent exactly when the corresponding edges have a common endpoint. Local finiteness of $G$ ensures local finiteness of $L(G)$.

For an infinite locally finite graph $H$, an end is an equivalence class of rays, where two rays are equivalent if their tails lie in the same component after every finite vertex deletion. Its Freudenthal compactification $|H|$ adds these ends to the geometric graph; neighborhoods of an end follow the component containing its rays outside a finite vertex set, together with the incident edge tails and ends in that component. A Hamilton circle is a subspace homeomorphic to $S^1$ containing every vertex of $H$. For a finite graph this is an ordinary Hamilton cycle.

The two conjectures are:
\begin{enumerate}
\item If $G$ is four-edge-connected, then $L(G)$ has a Hamilton circle.
\item If $L(G)$ is four-vertex-connected, then $L(G)$ has a Hamilton circle.
\end{enumerate}
Four-edge-connected means that deleting fewer than four edges cannot disconnect $G$. Four-vertex-connected means that the line graph has at least five vertices and deleting fewer than four vertices cannot disconnect it.

The conclusions concern the compactification of the line graph, not of the original graph. A spanning double ray is not the definition in general: Hamilton circles can have a more complicated trace in graphs with several ends. Both assertions quantify over all locally finite graphs satisfying their respective connectivity condition.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Do four-edge-connectivity of a locally finite graph, or four-vertex-connectivity of its line graph, force a Hamilton circle in the line graph?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3300 (OPG-488), OpenGarden. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open Problem Garden, Hamiltonian cycles in line graphs of infinite graphs. Original problem and discussion.
\url{http://www.openproblemgarden.org/op/hamiltonian_cycles_in_line_graphs_of_infinite_graphs}.
\item[S3] B. Mohar, Hamiltonicity of infinite graphs, including the line-graph questions.
\url{https://www.fmf.uni-lj.si/~mohar/Problems/P0703_HamiltonicityInfinite.html}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/OPG-488

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3300
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)