An Ore-type Theorem for Oriented Discrepancy of Hamilton Cycles

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Main Authors: Chang, Yufei, Cheng, Yangyang, Wang, Zhilan, Wei, Shuo, Yan, Jin
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author Chang, Yufei
Cheng, Yangyang
Wang, Zhilan
Wei, Shuo
Yan, Jin
author_facet Chang, Yufei
Cheng, Yangyang
Wang, Zhilan
Wei, Shuo
Yan, Jin
contents Oriented graph discrepancy problems focus on finding specific subgraphs within a given oriented graph $G$ that contain a significant number of edges in one direction. This concept was first introduced by Gishboliner, Krivelevich, and Michaeli, and has since been further investigated by Freschi and Lo [J. Combin. Theory, Ser. B 169 (2024)], who gave a tight lower bound for the discrepancy of Hamilton cycles in terms of the minimum degree of $G$. Furthermore, they raised the problem of extending such results to Ore-type conditions. Here, an Ore-type condition refers to the minimum degree-sum of non-adjacent vertices, formally defined as: $σ_2(G)=\min\{d(x)+d(y)\mid x, y \in V(G) \text{ and } xy \notin E(G)\}$. In this paper, we address this question by showing that for every sufficiently large oriented graph $G$, if $σ_2(G)\geq n$, then $G$ contains a Hamilton cycle $C$ with at least $\max\{n/2,σ_2(G)/2-o(n)\}$ edges in one direction. Moreover, this result is asymptotically tight.
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spellingShingle An Ore-type Theorem for Oriented Discrepancy of Hamilton Cycles
Chang, Yufei
Cheng, Yangyang
Wang, Zhilan
Wei, Shuo
Yan, Jin
Combinatorics
05C20, 05C38, 05C40
Oriented graph discrepancy problems focus on finding specific subgraphs within a given oriented graph $G$ that contain a significant number of edges in one direction. This concept was first introduced by Gishboliner, Krivelevich, and Michaeli, and has since been further investigated by Freschi and Lo [J. Combin. Theory, Ser. B 169 (2024)], who gave a tight lower bound for the discrepancy of Hamilton cycles in terms of the minimum degree of $G$. Furthermore, they raised the problem of extending such results to Ore-type conditions. Here, an Ore-type condition refers to the minimum degree-sum of non-adjacent vertices, formally defined as: $σ_2(G)=\min\{d(x)+d(y)\mid x, y \in V(G) \text{ and } xy \notin E(G)\}$. In this paper, we address this question by showing that for every sufficiently large oriented graph $G$, if $σ_2(G)\geq n$, then $G$ contains a Hamilton cycle $C$ with at least $\max\{n/2,σ_2(G)/2-o(n)\}$ edges in one direction. Moreover, this result is asymptotically tight.
title An Ore-type Theorem for Oriented Discrepancy of Hamilton Cycles
topic Combinatorics
05C20, 05C38, 05C40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18915