Title
The binding number of a digraph
Abstract
Caccetta-Häggkvist's Conjecture discusses the relation between the girth g(D) of a digraph D and the minimum outdegree δċ(D) of D. The special case when g(D) = 3 has lately attracted wide attention. For an undirected graph G, the binding number bind(G) ≥ ??? is a sufficient condition for G to have a triangle (cycle with length 3). In this paper we generalize the concept of binding numbers to digraphs and give some corresponding results. In particular, the value range of binding numbers is given, and the existence of digraphs with a given binding number is confirmed. By using the binding number of a digraph we give a condition that guarantees the existence of a directed triangle in the digraph. The relationship between binding number and connectivity is also discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/978-3-540-70666-3_24
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Keywords
Field
DocType
corresponding result,sufficient condition,minimum outdegree,digraph d,special case,binding number bind,undirected graph,girth g,value range,binding number
Graph,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Directed graph,Binding number,Cycle rank,Conjecture,Mathematics,Digraph,Special case
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4381 LNCS
null
16113349
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
11
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Genjiu Xu1307.31
Xueliang Li2737103.78
Shenggui Zhang326347.21