I'm studying graph theory and while looking at Hamilton curcuit examples, one thing struck me.

I don't know where |r6 - r'6| >= 2 came from... i get where this is going until that specific part. What am I missing?
Thanks in advance!
I'm studying graph theory and while looking at Hamilton curcuit examples, one thing struck me.

I don't know where |r6 - r'6| >= 2 came from... i get where this is going until that specific part. What am I missing?
Thanks in advance!
The point is that $r_6$ and $r'_6$ have a sum equal to $6$, therefore they are either both even or both odd, and therefore their absolute difference, if not zero, has to be at least $2$.