Reachability relations in digraphs

Malnič, Aleksander (author), Marušič, Dragan (author), Seifter, Norbert (author), Šparl, Primož (author), Zgrablić, Boris (author)

In this paper we study reachability relations on vertices of digraphs, informally defined as follows. First, the weight of a walk is equal to the number of edges traversed in the direction coinciding with their orientation, minus the number of edges traversed in the direction opposite to their orientation. Then, a vertex $u$ is $R_k^+$-related to a vertex $v$ if there exists a 0-weighted walk from $u$ to $v$ whose every subwalk starting at u has weight in the interval $[0,k]$. Similarly, a vertex $u$ is $R_k^-$-related to a vertex $v$ if there exists a 0-weighted walk from $u$ to $v$ whose every subwalk starting at $u$ has weight in the interval $[-k,0]$. For all positive integers $k$, the relations $R_k^+$ and $R_k^-$ are equivalence relations on the vertex set of a given digraph. We prove that, for transitive digraphs, properties of these relations are closely related to other properties such as having property $\mathbb{Z}$, the number of ends, growth conditions, and vertex degree.

• Language: English
• Keywords: graph theory, digraph, reachability relations, end of a graph, property $\mathbb{Z}$, growth
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2008
• Number of pages: Str. 1566-1581
• Numbering: Vol. 29, no. 7
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-45605
• UDC: 519.17
• ISSN on article: 0195-6698
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejc.2007.11.003
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2017509
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2015

MALNIČ, Aleksander, MARUŠIČ, Dragan, SEIFTER, Norbert, ŠPARL, Primož and ZGRABLIĆ, Boris, 2008, Reachability relations in digraphs. European journal of combinatorics [online]. 2008. Vol. 29, no. 7, p. 1566–1581. [Accessed 8 April 2025]. DOI 10.1016/j.ejc.2007.11.003. Retrieved from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2007.11.003

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal of combinatorics
• Shortened title: Eur. j. comb.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0195-6698
• COBISS.SI-ID: 25427968

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• Language: English
• Keywords: teorija grafov, usmerjeni grafi, rast