Extremal digraphs whose walks with the same initial and terminal vertices have distinct lengths

  • Zejun Huang
  • , Xingzhi Zhan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Let D be a digraph of order n in which any two walks with the same initial vertex and the same terminal vertex have distinct lengths. We prove that D has at most ( n+1)24 arcs if n is odd and n(n+2)4 arcs if n is even. The digraphs attaining this maximum size are determined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2203-2213
Number of pages11
JournalDiscrete Mathematics
Volume312
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Aug 2012

Keywords

  • 0-1 matrix
  • Digraph
  • Extremal digraph
  • Walk

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