OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
A path is Hamiltonian if it passes through every vertex exactly once.
LINKS
Wikipedia, Hamiltonian path
Gus Wiseman, Enumeration of paths and cycles and e-coefficients of incomparability graphs, arXiv:0709.0430 [math.CO], 2007.
EXAMPLE
The a(3) = 16 edge-sets:
{} {12} {12,13}
{13} {12,21}
{21} {12,32}
{23} {13,23}
{31} {13,31}
{32} {21,23}
{21,31}
{23,32}
{31,32}
MATHEMATICA
Table[Length[Select[Subsets[Select[Tuples[Range[n], 2], UnsameQ@@#&]], FindHamiltonianPath[Graph[Range[n], DirectedEdge@@@#]]=={}&]], {n, 4}] (* Mathematica 10.2+ *)
CROSSREFS
Unlabeled digraphs not containing a Hamiltonian path are A326224.
The undirected case is A326205.
The unlabeled undirected case is A283420.
The case with loops is A326213.
Digraphs (without loops) containing a Hamiltonian path are A326217.
Digraphs (without loops) not containing a Hamiltonian cycle are A326218.
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Jun 15 2019
STATUS
editing