Remind that n-dimensional binary cube (boolean) is a graph with vertices labeled by binary sequences of length n, and there is an edge between any two vertices if and only if their sequences differ only in one corresponding coordinate (digit).
Then our problem is equivalent to the following: prove that if from a 10-dimensional binary cube we remove 8 edges, then we always obtain a hamiltonian graph (i.e., a graph having a hamiltonian cycle – a closed path passing through all vertices of the graph exactly once).
By induction on n let's prove a more general statement:
If from an n-dimensional binary cube, n>1, we remove arbitrary (n−2) edges, then the obtained graph is hamiltonian.
Proof: For n=2 the statement is obvious, there is nothing to remove.
Assume that for n=k>1 the statement is true, and prove it for n=k+1.
Let V={(a0,a1,…,ak):ai∈{0,1},0≤i≤k} be the set of vertices of the (k+1)-dimensional cube C=⟨V,E⟩, where E is a set of edges. Let's take an arbitrary removed edge e∈E. W.l.o.g. we may assume that it connects vertices u=(0,b1,…,bk) and v=(1,b1,…,bk).
Then consider the sets of vertices
V0={(0,a1,…,ak):ai∈{0,1},1≤i≤k}
and
V1={(1,a1,…,ak):ai∈{0,1},1≤i≤k},
which form a partition of V; and corresponding subgraphs C0=⟨V0,E∖V0⟩ and C1=⟨V1,E∖V1⟩.
Note that:
1) Subgraphs C0 and C1 are identical to k-dimensional binary cubes;
2) A mapping (0,a1,…,ak)→f(1,a1,…,ak) is an isomorphism from C0 to C1.
Let D⊂E be the set of all removed edges, ∣D∣=n−2=k−1. Then we have a partition D=D0∪D1∪D2, where Di is the set of edges removed from subgraph Ci, i=0,1, and D2 is the set of removed edges which "connect" C0 and C1. In particular, e∈D2.
Since ∣f(D0)∪D1∣≤k−2, then by the induction hypothesis in C1 there is a hamiltonian cycle v=v1,v2,…,v2k, which does not use the edges from f(D0)∪D1. Then u=u1,u2,…,u2k is a hamiltonian cycle in C0, where f(ui)=vi for 1≤i≤2k, not passing through the edges of D0.
u=u1,u2,…,ui,vi,vi−1,…,v1,v2k,v2k−1,…,vi+1,ui+1,…,u2k
is a hamiltonian cycle in C, not passing through the edges of D. The statement is proved. □