Reconfiguration of Independent Transversals

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Autori principali: Buys, Pjotr, Kang, Ross J., Ozeki, Kenta
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author Buys, Pjotr
Kang, Ross J.
Ozeki, Kenta
author_facet Buys, Pjotr
Kang, Ross J.
Ozeki, Kenta
contents Given integers $Δ\ge 2$ and $t\ge 2Δ$, suppose there is a graph of maximum degree $Δ$ and a partition of its vertices into blocks of size at least $t$. By a seminal result of Haxell, there must be some independent set of the graph that is transversal to the blocks, a so-called independent transversal. We show that, if moreover $t\ge2Δ+1$, then every independent transversal can be transformed within the space of independent transversals to any other through a sequence of one-vertex modifications, showing connectivity of the so-called reconfigurability graph of independent transversals. This is sharp in that for $t=2Δ$ (and $Δ\ge 2$) the connectivity conclusion can fail. In this case we show furthermore that in an essential sense it can only fail for the disjoint union of copies of the complete bipartite graph $K_{Δ,Δ}$. This constitutes a qualitative strengthening of Haxell's theorem.
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spellingShingle Reconfiguration of Independent Transversals
Buys, Pjotr
Kang, Ross J.
Ozeki, Kenta
Combinatorics
Data Structures and Algorithms
05C35, 05C69, 05C15, 68R05, 68R10
Given integers $Δ\ge 2$ and $t\ge 2Δ$, suppose there is a graph of maximum degree $Δ$ and a partition of its vertices into blocks of size at least $t$. By a seminal result of Haxell, there must be some independent set of the graph that is transversal to the blocks, a so-called independent transversal. We show that, if moreover $t\ge2Δ+1$, then every independent transversal can be transformed within the space of independent transversals to any other through a sequence of one-vertex modifications, showing connectivity of the so-called reconfigurability graph of independent transversals. This is sharp in that for $t=2Δ$ (and $Δ\ge 2$) the connectivity conclusion can fail. In this case we show furthermore that in an essential sense it can only fail for the disjoint union of copies of the complete bipartite graph $K_{Δ,Δ}$. This constitutes a qualitative strengthening of Haxell's theorem.
title Reconfiguration of Independent Transversals
topic Combinatorics
Data Structures and Algorithms
05C35, 05C69, 05C15, 68R05, 68R10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04367