Digraphs Homomorphism Problems with Maltsev Condition
Abstract
We consider a generalization of finding a homomorphism from an input digraph to a fixed digraph , HOM(). In this setting, we are given an input digraph together with a list function from to . The goal is to find a homomorphism from to with respect to the lists if one exists. We show that if the list function is a Maltsev polymorphism then deciding whether admits a homomorphism to is polynomial time solvable. In our approach, we only use the existence of the Maltsev polymorphism. Furthermore, we show that deciding whether a relational structure admits a Maltsev polymorphism is a special case of finding a homormphism from a graph to a graph and a list function with a Maltsev polymorphism. Since the existence of Maltsev is not required in our algorithm, we can decide in polynomial time whether the relational structure admits Maltsev or not. We also discuss forbidden obstructions for the instances admitting Maltsev list polymorphism. We have implemented our algorithm and tested on instances arising from linear equations, and other types of instances.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2008.09921,
title = {Digraphs Homomorphism Problems with Maltsev Condition},
author = {Jeff Kinne and Ashwin Murali and Arash Rafiey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.09921},
year = {2020}
}