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We prove lower bounds on the number of different cycle lengths of cubic Hamiltonian graphs that do not contain a fixed subdivision of a claw as an induced subgraph.
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Müttel, J., Rautenbach, D., Regen, F. et al. On the Cycle Spectrum of Cubic Hamiltonian Graphs. Graphs and Combinatorics 29, 1067–1076 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-012-1156-0
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