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Interdependencies of less-equal-relations between partial Lov\'{a}sz-vectors of digraphs

Combinatorics 2021-03-11 v3

Abstract

For digraphs GG and HH, let H(G,H){\cal H}(G,H) be the set of all homomorphisms from GG to HH, and let S(G,H){\cal S}(G,H) be the subset of those homomorphisms mapping all proper arcs in GG to proper arcs in HH. From an earlier investigation we know that for certain digraphs RR and SS, the relation "#S(G,R)#S(G,S)\# {\cal S}(G,R) \leq \# {\cal S}(G,S) for all GDG \in \mathfrak{ D }'" implies "#H(G,R)#H(G,S)\# {\cal H}(G,R) \leq \# {\cal H}(G,S) for all GDG \in \mathfrak{ D }'", where D\mathfrak{ D }' is a subclass of digraphs. Now we ask for the inverse: For which digraphs R,SR, S and which subclasses D\mathfrak{ D }' of digraphs does "#H(G,R)#H(G,S)\# {\cal H}(G,R) \leq \# {\cal H}(G,S) for all GDG \in \mathfrak{ D }'" imply "#S(G,R)#S(G,S)\# {\cal S}(G,R) \leq \# {\cal S}(G,S) for all GDG \in \mathfrak{ D }'"? We prove this implication for three combinations of digraph classes. In particular, the relations are equivalent for all flat posets R,SR, S with respect to all flat posets GG.

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@article{arxiv.2004.11653,
  title  = {Interdependencies of less-equal-relations between partial Lov\'{a}sz-vectors of digraphs},
  author = {Frank a Campo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.11653},
  year   = {2021}
}

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27 pages, 3 figures