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Main Authors: Bard, Stefan, MacGillivray, Gary, Swarts, Jacobus
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24258
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author Bard, Stefan
MacGillivray, Gary
Swarts, Jacobus
author_facet Bard, Stefan
MacGillivray, Gary
Swarts, Jacobus
contents For an integer $t \geq 1$, a homomorphism of a digraph G to a digraph $H$ is $t$-frugal if no more than $t$ in-neighbours of any vertex of $G$ have the same image. There is a dichotomy theorem based on structural properties when $t=1$ and $H$ has a loop at each vertex, but there is unlikely to be such a theorem for general digraphs $H$. For $t \geq 2$ we describe a structural dichotomy theorem for $t$-frugal homomorphisms of general digraphs.
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spellingShingle The complexity of frugal digraph homomorphisms
Bard, Stefan
MacGillivray, Gary
Swarts, Jacobus
Combinatorics
Computational Complexity
05C15
For an integer $t \geq 1$, a homomorphism of a digraph G to a digraph $H$ is $t$-frugal if no more than $t$ in-neighbours of any vertex of $G$ have the same image. There is a dichotomy theorem based on structural properties when $t=1$ and $H$ has a loop at each vertex, but there is unlikely to be such a theorem for general digraphs $H$. For $t \geq 2$ we describe a structural dichotomy theorem for $t$-frugal homomorphisms of general digraphs.
title The complexity of frugal digraph homomorphisms
topic Combinatorics
Computational Complexity
05C15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24258