Antidirected paths in oriented graphs

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Main Authors: Grzesik, Andrzej, Skrzypczyk, Marek
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author Grzesik, Andrzej
Skrzypczyk, Marek
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Skrzypczyk, Marek
contents We show that for any integer $k \ge 4$, every oriented graph with minimum semidegree bigger than $\frac{1}{2}(k-1+\sqrt{k-3})$ contains an antidirected path of length $k$. Consequently, every oriented graph on $n$ vertices with more than $(k-1+\sqrt{k-3})n$ edges contains an antidirected path of length $k$. This asymptotically proves the antidirected path version of a conjecture of Stein and of a conjecture of Addario-Berry, Havet, Linhares Sales, Reed and Thomassé, respectively.
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spellingShingle Antidirected paths in oriented graphs
Grzesik, Andrzej
Skrzypczyk, Marek
Combinatorics
We show that for any integer $k \ge 4$, every oriented graph with minimum semidegree bigger than $\frac{1}{2}(k-1+\sqrt{k-3})$ contains an antidirected path of length $k$. Consequently, every oriented graph on $n$ vertices with more than $(k-1+\sqrt{k-3})n$ edges contains an antidirected path of length $k$. This asymptotically proves the antidirected path version of a conjecture of Stein and of a conjecture of Addario-Berry, Havet, Linhares Sales, Reed and Thomassé, respectively.
title Antidirected paths in oriented graphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11866