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Antidirected paths in oriented graphs

Combinatorics 2025-06-16 v1

Abstract

We show that for any integer k4k \ge 4, every oriented graph with minimum semidegree bigger than 12(k1+k3)\frac{1}{2}(k-1+\sqrt{k-3}) contains an antidirected path of length kk. Consequently, every oriented graph on nn vertices with more than (k1+k3)n(k-1+\sqrt{k-3})n edges contains an antidirected path of length kk. This asymptotically proves the antidirected path version of a conjecture of Stein and of a conjecture of Addario-Berry, Havet, Linhares Sales, Reed and Thomass\'e, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2506.11866,
  title  = {Antidirected paths in oriented graphs},
  author = {Andrzej Grzesik and Marek Skrzypczyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.11866},
  year   = {2025}
}
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