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A simple Havel-Hakimi type algorithm to realize graphical degree sequences of directed graphs

Combinatorics 2021-01-01 v2

Abstract

One of the simplest ways to decide whether a given finite sequence of positive integers can arise as the degree sequence of a simple graph is the greedy algorithm of Havel and Hakimi. This note extends their approach to directed graphs. It also studies cases of some simple forbidden edge-sets. Finally, it proves a result which is useful to design an MCMC algorithm to find random realizations of prescribed directed degree sequences.

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@article{arxiv.0905.4913,
  title  = {A simple Havel-Hakimi type algorithm to realize graphical degree sequences of directed graphs},
  author = {Péter L. Erdős and István Miklós and Zoltán Toroczkai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.4913},
  year   = {2021}
}

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11 pages, 1 figure submitted to "The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics"

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