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Main Authors: Burgess, Andrea C., Jones, Caleb W., Pike, David A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01001
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author Burgess, Andrea C.
Jones, Caleb W.
Pike, David A.
author_facet Burgess, Andrea C.
Jones, Caleb W.
Pike, David A.
contents Graph burning is a round-based game or process that discretely models the spread of influence throughout a network. We introduce a generalization of graph burning which applies to hypergraphs, as well as a variant called ''lazy'' hypergraph burning. Interestingly, lazily burning a graph is trivial, while lazily burning a hypergraph can be quite complicated. Moreover, the lazy burning model is a useful tool for analyzing the round-based model. One of our key results is that arbitrary hypergraphs do not satisfy a bound analogous to the one in the Burning Number Conjecture for graphs. We also obtain bounds on the burning number and lazy burning number of a hypergraph in terms of its parameters, and present several open problems in the field of (lazy) hypergraph burning.
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spellingShingle Extending Graph Burning to Hypergraphs
Burgess, Andrea C.
Jones, Caleb W.
Pike, David A.
Combinatorics
Graph burning is a round-based game or process that discretely models the spread of influence throughout a network. We introduce a generalization of graph burning which applies to hypergraphs, as well as a variant called ''lazy'' hypergraph burning. Interestingly, lazily burning a graph is trivial, while lazily burning a hypergraph can be quite complicated. Moreover, the lazy burning model is a useful tool for analyzing the round-based model. One of our key results is that arbitrary hypergraphs do not satisfy a bound analogous to the one in the Burning Number Conjecture for graphs. We also obtain bounds on the burning number and lazy burning number of a hypergraph in terms of its parameters, and present several open problems in the field of (lazy) hypergraph burning.
title Extending Graph Burning to Hypergraphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01001