4-Transitive Digraphs I: The Structure of Strong 4-Transitive Digraphs

• Autorzy: César Hernández-Cruz
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Let D be a digraph, V (D) and A(D) will denote the sets of vertices and arcs of D, respectively. A digraph D is transitive if for every three distinct vertices u, v,w ∈ V (D), (u, v), (v,w) ∈ A(D) implies that (u,w) ∈ A(D). This concept can be generalized as follows: A digraph is k-transitive if for every u, v ∈ V (D), the existence of a uv-directed path of length k in D implies that (u, v) ∈ A(D). A very useful structural characterization of transitive digraphs has been known for a long time, and recently, 3-transitive digraphs have been characterized. In this work, some general structural results are proved for k-transitive digraphs with arbitrary k ≥ 2. Some of this results are used to characterize the family of 4-transitive digraphs. Also some of the general results remain valid for k-quasi-transitive digraphs considering an additional hypothesis. A conjecture on a structural property of k-transitive digraphs is proposed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

digraph; transitive digraph; quasi-transitive digraph; 4-transitive digraph; k-transitive digraph; k-quasi-transitive digraph

• Wydawca: De Gruyter Open
• Czasopismo: Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 33
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 247-260

Daty

wydano

2013-05-01

online

2013-04-13

Twórcy

autor

César Hernández-Cruz

• Instituto de Matemáticas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F., C.P. 04510, México

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DOI

10.7151/dmgt.1645