Hamilton Cycles in Random Lifts of Graphs

Abstract: For a graph $G$ the random $n$-lift of $G$ is obtained by replacing each of its vertices by a set of $n$ vertices, and joining a pair of sets by a random matching whenever the corresponding vertices of $G$ are adjacent. We show that asymptotically almost surely the random lift of a graph $G$ is hamiltonian, provided $G$ has the minimum degree at least $5$ and contains two disjoint Hamiltonian cycles whose union is not a bipartite graph.