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Page 1: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Hamilton decompositions ofone-ended Cayley graphs

Florian Lehner

University of Warwick

with J. Erde and M. Pitz

Page 2: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Problem.Does every Cayley graph of a finite Abelian group have a Hamiltondecomposition? Alspach ’84

Question.What about infinite groups?

Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 3: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Problem.Does every Cayley graph of a finite Abelian group have a Hamiltondecomposition? Alspach ’84

Question.What about infinite groups?

Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 4: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Problem.Does every Cayley graph of a finite Abelian group have a Hamiltondecomposition? Alspach ’84

Question.What about infinite groups? Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 5: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Infinite cycles and a necessary condition

Theorem.Any Cayley graph of a countable Abelian group has a Hamiltoncycle. Nash-Williams ’59

Observation.Any 2k-regular graph admitting a Hamilton decomposition satisfies

∗© |K | ≡ k mod 2 for every finite cut K with two infinite sides.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 6: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Infinite cycles and a necessary condition

Theorem.Any Cayley graph of a countable Abelian group has a Hamiltoncycle (double ray). Nash-Williams ’59

Observation.Any 2k-regular graph admitting a Hamilton decomposition satisfies

∗© |K | ≡ k mod 2 for every finite cut K with two infinite sides.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 7: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Infinite cycles and a necessary condition

Theorem.Any Cayley graph of a countable Abelian group has a Hamiltoncycle (double ray). Nash-Williams ’59

Observation.Any 2k-regular graph admitting a Hamilton decomposition satisfies

∗© |K | ≡ k mod 2 for every finite cut K with two infinite sides.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 8: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Infinite cycles and a necessary condition

Theorem.Any Cayley graph of a countable Abelian group has a Hamiltoncycle (double ray). Nash-Williams ’59

Observation.Any 2k-regular graph admitting a Hamilton decomposition satisfies

∗© |K | ≡ k mod 2 for every finite cut K with two infinite sides.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 9: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Infinite cycles and a necessary condition

Theorem.Any Cayley graph of a countable Abelian group has a Hamiltoncycle (double ray). Nash-Williams ’59

Observation.Any 2k-regular graph admitting a Hamilton decomposition satisfies

∗© |K | ≡ k mod 2 for every finite cut K with two infinite sides.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 10: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Infinite cycles and a necessary condition

Theorem.Any Cayley graph of a countable Abelian group has a Hamiltoncycle (double ray). Nash-Williams ’59

Observation.Any 2k-regular graph admitting a Hamilton decomposition satisfies

∗© |K | ≡ k mod 2 for every finite cut K with two infinite sides.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 11: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

The 4-regular case

Theorem.If a 4-regular Cayley graph of an Abelian group satisfies ∗©, then ithas a Hamilton decomposition.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 12: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Finitely generated Abelian groups

Theorem. Let G be a finitely generated Abelian group. Then

G ' Zn × F

for some n ≥ 0 and some finite Abelian group F .

Definition. n is called the rank of G

n = 0 finite groups

n = 1 two-ended groups

n ≥ 2 one-ended groups

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 13: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Finitely generated Abelian groups

Theorem. Let G be a finitely generated Abelian group. Then

G ' Zn × F

for some n ≥ 0 and some finite Abelian group F .

Definition. n is called the rank of G

n = 0 finite groups

n = 1 two-ended groups

n ≥ 2 one-ended groups

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 14: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

The 4-regular case

Theorem.If a 4-regular Cayley graph of an Abelian group satisfies ∗©, then ithas a Hamilton decomposition.

G finite Bermond, Favaron, Maheo ’89

two ends G = Z: Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17

G arbitrary: Erde, FL ’18+

one end G = Z2

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 15: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

The 4-regular case

Theorem.If a 4-regular Cayley graph of an Abelian group satisfies ∗©, then ithas a Hamilton decomposition.

G finite Bermond, Favaron, Maheo ’89

two ends G = Z: Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17

G arbitrary: Erde, FL ’18+

one end G = Z2

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 16: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

The 4-regular case

Theorem.If a 4-regular Cayley graph of an Abelian group satisfies ∗©, then ithas a Hamilton decomposition.

G finite Bermond, Favaron, Maheo ’89

two ends G = Z: Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17

G arbitrary: Erde, FL ’18+

one end G = Z2

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 17: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

The 4-regular case

Theorem.If a 4-regular Cayley graph of an Abelian group satisfies ∗©, then ithas a Hamilton decomposition.

G finite Bermond, Favaron, Maheo ’89

two ends G = Z: Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17G arbitrary: Erde, FL ’18+

one end G = Z2

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 18: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

The 4-regular case

Theorem.If a 4-regular Cayley graph of an Abelian group satisfies ∗©, then ithas a Hamilton decomposition.

G finite Bermond, Favaron, Maheo ’89

two ends G = Z: Bryant, Herke, Maenhaut, Webb ’17G arbitrary: Erde, FL ’18+

one end G = Z2

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 19: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Main theorem

Theorem.Let G be a one ended Abelian group, and let S be a generating setcontaining no torsion elements.Then Cay(G ,S) has a Hamilton decomposition.

Erde, FL, Pitz ’18+

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 20: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 21: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 22: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 23: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 24: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 25: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 26: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 27: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 28: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 29: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 30: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 31: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 32: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 33: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 34: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 35: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 36: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 37: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 38: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 39: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 40: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 41: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 42: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 43: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 44: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 45: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 46: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 47: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 48: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 49: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 50: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 51: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 52: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 53: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 54: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 55: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 56: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 57: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 58: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 59: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 60: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 61: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 62: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 63: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 64: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 65: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 66: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 67: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Proof sketch

I S a generating set without torsion elements,

I g ∈ S , h ∈ S linearly independent

?

I standard colouring with finitely many changes

I all components in each colour are double rays

Definition. A colour flip at a square is what you expect it to be.

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 68: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Final remarks

Theorem.Let G be a one ended Abelian group, and let S be a generating setcontaining no torsion elements.Then Cay(G ,S) has a Hamilton decomposition.

Erde, FL, Pitz ’18+

I What about torsion generators?

I Two-ended groups?

I Other notions of infinite Hamilton cycles?

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 69: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Final remarks

Theorem.Let G be a one ended Abelian group, and let S be a generating setcontaining no torsion elements.Then Cay(G ,S) has a Hamilton decomposition.

Erde, FL, Pitz ’18+

I What about torsion generators?

I Two-ended groups?

I Other notions of infinite Hamilton cycles?

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions

Page 70: Hamilton decompositions of one-ended Cayley graphs · one-ended Cayley graphs Florian Lehner University of Warwick with J. Erde and M. Pitz. Problem. Does every Cayley graph of a

Final remarks

Theorem.Let G be a one ended Abelian group, and let S be a generating setcontaining no torsion elements.Then Cay(G ,S) has a Hamilton decomposition.

Erde, FL, Pitz ’18+

I What about torsion generators?

I Two-ended groups?

I Other notions of infinite Hamilton cycles?

Florian Lehner Hamilton decompositions