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If G is a 2-connected graph that is both K1,3-free and (K1,3+e)-free, prove that G is Hamiltonian. (Recall that a graph G is

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One of the necessary conditions for any graph G to be Hamiltonian,is that w(G-S)≤|S|,for any subgraph of G Let's go about this using proof by contradiction by assuming that a Hamiltonian graph is not 2 connected If this were so then there exists a vertice v such that when v is removed from G,G is no longer connected ,that is G has more than one connected component This vertice is a subgraph with |S|=1 But since there's more than one connected component in G-S,w(G-S)>1 This violates the necessary condition w(G-S)≤|S| Thus G has to be 2-connected for the graph to be Hamiltonian

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