Introduction to Graph Theory · Problem 5.5

Trees and arborescences — Darij Grinberg

Mathematics — Graph Theory · tree-hamiltonian-cycle

Problem

Let TT be a tree having more than 1 vertex. Let LL be the set of leaves of TT. Prove that it is possible to add ∣L∣−1|L| - 1 new edges to TT in such a way that the resulting multigraph has a Hamiltonian cycle.

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