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KP-digraphs and CKI-digraphs satisfying the k-Meyniel's condition

H. Galeana-Sánchez, V. Neumann-Lara (1996)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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A digraph D is said to satisfy the k-Meyniel's condition if each odd directed cycle of D has at least k diagonals. The study of the k-Meyniel's condition has been a source of many interesting problems, questions and results in the development of Kernel Theory. In this paper we present a method to construct a large variety of kernel-perfect (resp. critical kernel-imperfect) digraphs which satisfy the k-Meyniel's condition.

Some sufficient conditions on odd directed cycles of bounded length for the existence of a kernel

Hortensia Galeana-Sánchez (2004)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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A kernel N of a digraph D is an independent set of vertices of D such that for every w ∈ V(D)-N there exists an arc from w to N. If every induced subdigraph of D has a kernel, D is said to be a kernel-perfect digraph. In this paper I investigate some sufficient conditions for a digraph to have a kernel by asking for the existence of certain diagonals or symmetrical arcs in each odd directed cycle whose length is at most 2α(D)+1, where α(D) is the maximum cardinality of an independent...

On (k,l)-kernel perfectness of special classes of digraphs

Magdalena Kucharska (2005)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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In the first part of this paper we give necessary and sufficient conditions for some special classes of digraphs to have a (k,l)-kernel. One of them is the duplication of a set of vertices in a digraph. This duplication come into being as the generalization of the duplication of a vertex in a graph (see [4]). Another one is the D-join of a digraph D and a sequence α of nonempty pairwise disjoint digraphs. In the second part we prove theorems, which give necessary and sufficient conditions...

On (k,l)-kernels in D-join of digraphs

Waldemar Szumny, Andrzej Włoch, Iwona Włoch (2007)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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In [5] the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of (k,l)-kernels in a D-join of digraphs were given if the digraph D is without circuits of length less than k. In this paper we generalize these results for an arbitrary digraph D. Moreover, we give the total number of (k,l)-kernels, k-independent sets and l-dominating sets in a D-join of digraphs.

A sufficient condition for the existence of k-kernels in digraphs

H. Galeana-Sánchez, H.A. Rincón-Mejía (1998)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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In this paper, we prove the following sufficient condition for the existence of k-kernels in digraphs: Let D be a digraph whose asymmetrical part is strongly conneted and such that every directed triangle has at least two symmetrical arcs. If every directed cycle γ of D with l(γ) ≢ 0 (mod k), k ≥ 2 satisfies at least one of the following properties: (a) γ has two symmetrical arcs, (b) γ has four short chords. Then D has a k-kernel. This result generalizes some previous...

On graphs all of whose {C₃,T₃}-free arc colorations are kernel-perfect

Hortensia Galeana-Sánchez, José de Jesús García-Ruvalcaba (2001)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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A digraph D is called a kernel-perfect digraph or KP-digraph when every induced subdigraph of D has a kernel. We call the digraph D an m-coloured digraph if the arcs of D are coloured with m distinct colours. A path P is monochromatic in D if all of its arcs are coloured alike in D. The closure of D, denoted by ζ(D), is the m-coloured digraph defined as follows: V( ζ(D)) = V(D), and A( ζ(D)) = ∪_{i} {(u,v) with colour i: there exists a monochromatic...

On the Existence of (k,l)-Kernels in Infinite Digraphs: A Survey

H. Galeana-Sánchez, C. Hernández-Cruz (2014)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Let D be a digraph, V (D) and A(D) will denote the sets of vertices and arcs of D, respectively. A (k, l)-kernel N of D is a k-independent (if u, v ∈ N, u 6= v, then d(u, v), d(v, u) ≥ k) and l-absorbent (if u ∈ V (D) − N then there exists v ∈ N such that d(u, v) ≤ l) set of vertices. A k-kernel is a (k, k −1)-kernel. This work is a survey of results proving sufficient conditions for the existence of (k, l)-kernels in infinite digraphs. Despite all the previous work in this direction...

On (k,l)-kernels of special superdigraphs of Pₘ and Cₘ

Magdalena Kucharska, Maria Kwaśnik (2001)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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The concept of (k,l)-kernels of digraphs was introduced in [2]. Next, H. Galeana-Sanchez [4] proved a sufficient condition for a digraph to have a (k,l)-kernel. The result generalizes the well-known theorem of P. Duchet and it is formulated in terms of symmetric pairs of arcs. Our aim is to give necessary and sufficient conditions for digraphs without symmetric pairs of arcs to have a (k,l)-kernel. We restrict our attention to special superdigraphs of digraphs Pₘ and Cₘ.

Dichromatic number, circulant tournaments and Zykov sums of digraphs

Víctor Neumann-Lara (2000)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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The dichromatic number dc(D) of a digraph D is the smallest number of colours needed to colour the vertices of D so that no monochromatic directed cycle is created. In this paper the problem of computing the dichromatic number of a Zykov-sum of digraphs over a digraph D is reduced to that of computing a multicovering number of an hypergraph H₁(D) associated to D in a natural way. This result allows us to construct an infinite family of pairwise non isomorphic vertex-critical k-dichromatic...

Kernels by Monochromatic Paths and Color-Perfect Digraphs

Hortensia Galeana-Śanchez, Rocío Sánchez-López (2016)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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For a digraph D, V (D) and A(D) will denote the sets of vertices and arcs of D respectively. In an arc-colored digraph, a subset K of V(D) is said to be kernel by monochromatic paths (mp-kernel) if (1) for any two different vertices x, y in N there is no monochromatic directed path between them (N is mp-independent) and (2) for each vertex u in V (D) N there exists v ∈ N such that there is a monochromatic directed path from u to v in D (N is mp-absorbent). If every arc in D has a different...

On the Complexity of the 3-Kernel Problem in Some Classes of Digraphs

Pavol Hell, César Hernández-Cruz (2014)

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Let D be a digraph with the vertex set V (D) and the arc set A(D). A subset N of V (D) is k-independent if for every pair of vertices u, v ∈ N, we have d(u, v), d(v, u) ≥ k; it is l-absorbent if for every u ∈ V (D) − N there exists v ∈ N such that d(u, v) ≤ l. A k-kernel of D is a k-independent and (k − 1)-absorbent subset of V (D). A 2-kernel is called a kernel. It is known that the problem of determining whether a digraph has a kernel (“the kernel problem”) is NP-complete, even in...

On radially extremal digraphs

Ferdinand Gliviak, Martin Knor (1995)

Mathematica Bohemica

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We define digraphs minimal, critical, and maximal by three types of radii. Some of these classes are completely characterized, while for the others it is shown that they are large in terms of induced subgraphs.