On the Dα spectral radius of strongly connected digraphs

Let G be a strongly connected digraph with distance matrix D(G) and let Tr(G) be the diagonal matrix with vertex transmissions of G. For any real ? ? [0, 1], define the matrix D?(G) as D?(G) = ?Tr(G) + (1-?)D(G). The D? spectral radius of G is the spectral radius of D?(G). In this paper, we first give some upper and lower bounds for the D? spectral radius of G and characterize the extremal digraphs. Moreover, for digraphs that are not transmission regular, we give a lower bound on the difference between the maximum vertex transmission and the D? spectral radius. Finally, we obtain the D? eigenvalues of the join of certain regular digraphs.

A new sufficient condition for the existence of 3-kernels

Let D be a digraph and k be a positive integer. We say a subset N of V(D) is a k-kernel of D if it is both k-independent and (k − 1)-absorbent. A short chord of a closed trail C = (v0, v1, . . . , vt) is an arc a = (vi, vj) which does not belong to C and the distance from vi to vj in C is exactly two. The spacing between two chords e = (u, v) and f = (x, y) in C is the distance from u to x in C. A set of chords in a closed trail C has an odd spacing if at least two chords have an odd spacing. In this work, we prove that if D is a strongly connected digraph where every odd cycle has a short chord and every even closed trail has three short chords with an odd spacing, then D has a 3-kernel.

On the Manoussakis Conjecture for a Digraph to be Hamiltonian

Manoussakis (J. Graph Theory 16, 1992, 51-59) proposed the following conjecture. Conjecture. Let D be a 2-strongly connected digraph of order n such that for all distinct pairs of non-adjacent vertices x, y and w, z, we have d(x)+d(y)+d(w)+d(z) ≥ 4n − 3. Then D is Hamiltonian. In this note, we prove that if D satisfies the conditions of this conjecture, then (i) D has a cycle factor; (ii) If {x, y} is a pair of non-adjacent vertices of D such that d(x) + d(y) ≤ 2n − 2, then D is Hamiltonian if and only if D contains a cycle passing through x and y; (iii) If {x, y} a pair of non-adjacent vertices of D such that d(x)+d(y) ≤ 2n−4, then D contains cycles of all lengths 3, 4, . . . , n−1; (iv) D contains a cycle of length at least n − 1

Bispindles in Strongly Connected Digraphs with Large Chromatic Number

A $(k_1+k_2)$-bispindle is the union of $k_1$ $(x,y)$-dipaths and $k_2$ $(y,x)$-dipaths, all these dipaths being pairwise internally disjoint. Recently, Cohen et al. showed that for every $(1,1)$- bispindle $B$, there exists an integer $k$ such that every strongly connected digraph with chromatic number greater than $k$ contains a subdivision of $B$. We investigate generalizations of this result by first showing constructions of strongly connected digraphs with large chromatic number without any $(3,0)$-bispindle or $(2,2)$-bispindle. We then consider $(2,1)$-bispindles. Let $B(k_1,k_2;k_3)$ denote the $(2,1)$-bispindle formed by three internally disjoint dipaths between two vertices $x,y$, two $(x,y)$-dipaths, one of length $k_1$ and the other of length $k_2$, and one $(y,x)$-dipath of length $k_3$. We conjecture that for any positive integers $k_1, k_2,k_3$, there is an integer $g(k_1,k_2,k_3)$ such that every strongly connected digraph with chromatic number greater than $g(k_1,k_2,k_3)$ contains a subdivision of $B(k_1,k_2;k_3)$. As evidence, we prove this conjecture for $k_2=1$ (and $k_1, k_3$ arbitrary).

Restricted connectivity of total digraph

For a strongly connected digraph [Formula: see text], an arc-cut [Formula: see text] is a [Formula: see text]-restricted arc-cut of [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text] has at least two strong components of order at least [Formula: see text]. The [Formula: see text]-restricted arc-connectivity [Formula: see text] is the minimum cardinality of all [Formula: see text]-restricted arc-cuts. The [Formula: see text]-restricted vertex-connectivity [Formula: see text] can be defined similarly. In this paper, we provide upper and lower bounds for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for the total digraph [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text].

Upper bound for the energy of strongly connected digraphs

The energy of a digraph D is defined as E(D) = ?n,i=1 ?Re(zi)?, where z1, z2, ..., zn are the (possibly complex) eigenvalues of D . We show that if D is a strongly connected digraph on n vertices, a arcs, and c2 closed walks of length two, such that Re(z1) ? (a + c2)=(2n) ? 1 , then E(D) ? n(1 + ?n)=2. Equality holds if and only if D is a directed strongly regular graph with parameters (n, n+?n/2, 3n+2?n/8, n+2?n/8, n+2?n/8). This bound extends to digraphs an earlier result [J. H. Koolen, V. Moulton:, Maximal energy graphs. Adv. Appl. Math., 26 (2001), 47-52], obtained for simple graphs.

A Min-Max theorem about the Road Coloring Conjecture

International audience The Road Coloring Conjecture is an old and classical conjecture e posed in Adler and Weiss (1970); Adler et al. (1977). Let $G$ be a strongly connected digraph with uniform out-degree $2$. The Road Coloring Conjecture states that, under a natural (necessary) condition that $G$ is "aperiodic'', the edges of $G$ can be colored red and blue such that "universal driving directions'' can be given for each vertex. More precisely, each vertex has one red and one blue edge leaving it, and for any vertex $v$ there exists a sequence $s_v$ of reds and blues such that following the sequence from $\textit{any}$ starting vertex in $G$ ends precisely at the vertex $v$. We first generalize the conjecture to a min-max conjecture for all strongly connected digraphs. We then generalize the notion of coloring itself. Instead of assigning exactly one color to each edge we allow multiple colors to each edge. Under this relaxed notion of coloring we prove our generalized Min-Max theorem. Using the Prime Number Theorem (PNT) we further show that the number of colors needed for each edge is bounded above by $O(\log n / \log \log n)$, where $n$ is the number of vertices in the digraph.

Short Cycles in Digraphs with Local Average Outdegree at Least Two

Suppose $G$ is a strongly connected digraph with order $n$ girth $g$ and diameter $d$. We prove that $d +g \le n$ if $G$ contains no arcs $(u,v)$ with $\deg^+(u)=1$ and $\deg^+(v) \le 2$.Caccetta and H${\rm\ddot{a}}$ggkvist showed in 1978 that any digraph of order $n$ with minimum outdegree $2$ contains a cycle of length at most $\lceil n/2 \rceil$. Applying the above-mentioned result, we improve their result by replacing the minimum outdegree condition by some weaker conditions involving the local average outdegree. In particular, we prove that, for any digraph $G$ of order $n$, if either(1) $G$ has minimum outdegree $1$ and $\deg^+(u) +\deg^+(v) \ge 4$ for all arcs $(u,v)$, or(2) $\deg^+(u) +\deg^+(v) \ge 3$ for all pairs of distinct vertices $u,v$,then $G$ contains a cycle of length at most $\lceil n/2 \rceil$.