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Longest cycles in generalized Buckminsterfullerene graphs

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It is shown that every regular 3-valent polyhedral graph whose faces are all 5-gons and 6-gons contains a cycle through at least 4/5 of its vertices.

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  1. Department ofGeometryandAlgebra, P.J. Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 04154, Košice, Slovakia

    Stanislav Jendrol'

  2. Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, University of Surrey, GU25XH, Guildford, Surrey, UK

    Peter J. Owens

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Jendrol', S., Owens, P.J. Longest cycles in generalized Buckminsterfullerene graphs. J Math Chem 18, 83–90 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01166604

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