In this note,we give a short proof of a stronger version of the follow
ing theorem: Let G be a 2-connected graph of order n such that d(u) d(v)+ d(w) greater than or equal to n + \N(u) boolean AND N(v) boolean
AND n(w)\ for any independent set {u, v, w}, then G is hamiltonian. (
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