k位元n維立方體已被使用於多數實際的平行電腦連線架構,並且在過去已被廣泛地研究。本篇論文中,我們將證明:當n為大於等於2的整數且k為大於等於4的偶數時,任一k位元n維立方體(Q(k,n))包含有2n條互相獨立之漢米爾頓迴圈。更具體地說,令N表示Q(k,n)的頂點總數,v(i)表示每個頂點,其中1≤ i ≤ N,且以〈v(1),v(2),…,v(N),v(1)〉表示一條漢米爾頓迴圈。我們證明出Q(k,n)有2n條漢米爾頓迴圈,記為Cl=〈v(1),vl(2),…,vl(N),v(1)〉,其中0≤ l ≤ 2n-1,且當l≠l' 時,對所有2≤ i ≤N, vl(i)≠vl'(i)。因為此處的Q(k,n)每個頂點恰好有2n個鄰點,這已為最佳的結果。
The k-ary n-cube has been used as the underlying topology for many practical multicomputers, and has been extensively studied in the past. In this thesis, we will prove that any k-ary n-cube Q(k,n), where n ≥ 2 is an integer and k ≥ 4 is an even integer, contains 2n mutually independent Hamiltonian cycles. More specifically, let N =∣V(Q(k,n))|, v(i)∈V(Q(k,n)) for 1 ≤ i ≤ N, and ⟨v(1), v(2),…, v(N), v(1)⟩ be a Hamiltonian cycle of Q(k,n). We prove that Q(k,n) contains 2n Hamiltonian cycles, denoted by Cl = ⟨v(1); vl(2),…, vl(N), v(1)⟩ for all 0 ≤ l ≤ 2n−1, such that vl(i)≠ vl′(i) for all 2 ≤ i ≤ N whenever l≠l′. The result is optimal since each vertex of Q(k,n) has exactly 2n neighbors.