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Generalized saturation game

Combinatorics 2025-05-30 v2 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We study the following game version of the generalized graph Tur\'an problem. For two fixed graphs F and H, two players, Max and Mini, alternately claim unclaimed edges of the complete graph Kn such that the graph G of the claimed edges must remain F-free throughout the game. The game ends when no further edges can be claimed, i.e. when G becomes F-saturated. The H-score of the game is the number of copies of H in G. Max aims to maximize the H-score, while Mini wants to minimize it. The H-score of the game when both players play optimally is denoted by s1(n, #H, F) when Max starts, and by s2(n, #H, F) when Mini starts. We study these values for several natural choices of F and H.

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@article{arxiv.2404.02288,
  title  = {Generalized saturation game},
  author = {Balázs Patkós and Miloš Stojaković and Jelena Stratijev and Máté Vizer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.02288},
  year   = {2025}
}

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27 pages

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