Etymology

Ore's theorem

Today it means: A theorem that considers the sum of the degrees of pairs of non-adjacent vertices: if every such pair has a sum that at least equals the total number of vertices in the graph, then the graph is Hamiltonian. Full definition →

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Proved in 1960 by Norwegian mathematician Øystein Ore.

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