Paths and stability number in digraphs
The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 16 (2009) no. 1
The Gallai-Milgram theorem says that the vertex set of any digraph with stability number $k$ can be partitioned into $k$ directed paths. In 1990, Hahn and Jackson conjectured that this theorem is best possible in the following strong sense. For each positive integer $k$, there is a digraph $D$ with stability number $k$ such that deleting the vertices of any $k-1$ directed paths in $D$ leaves a digraph with stability number $k$. In this note, we prove this conjecture.
DOI :
10.37236/261
Classification :
05C20, 05C38, 05C55
Mots-clés : Gallai Milgram theorem, directed pths, vertex set partition, stability, dograph
Mots-clés : Gallai Milgram theorem, directed pths, vertex set partition, stability, dograph
@article{10_37236_261,
author = {Jacob Fox and Benny Sudakov},
title = {Paths and stability number in digraphs},
journal = {The electronic journal of combinatorics},
year = {2009},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
doi = {10.37236/261},
zbl = {1185.05073},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/261/}
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Jacob Fox; Benny Sudakov. Paths and stability number in digraphs. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 16 (2009) no. 1. doi: 10.37236/261
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