Every longest circuit of a 3-connected, K3,3-minor free graph has a chord

Abstract

Carsten Thomassen conjectured that every longest circuit in a 3-connected graph has a chord. We prove the conjecture for graphs having no K3,3 minor, and consequently for planar graphs.

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