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On arborescence packing augmentation in hypergraphs

Combinatorics 2024-12-05 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We deepen the link between two classic areas of combinatorial optimization: augmentation and packing arborescences. We consider the following type of questions: What is the minimum number of arcs to be added to a digraph so that in the resulting digraph there exists some special kind of packing of arborescences? We answer this question for two problems: hh-regular \textsf{M}-independent-rooted (f,g)(f,g)-bounded (α,β)(\alpha, \beta)-limited packing of mixed hyperarborescences and hh-regular (,)(\ell, \ell')-bordered (α,β)(\alpha, \beta)-limited packing of kk hyperbranchings. We also solve the undirected counterpart of the latter, that is the augmentation problem for hh-regular (,)(\ell, \ell')-bordered (α,β)(\alpha, \beta)-limited packing of kk rooted hyperforests. Our results provide a common generalization of a great number of previous results.

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@article{arxiv.2412.03357,
  title  = {On arborescence packing augmentation in hypergraphs},
  author = {Pierre Hoppenot and Zoltán Szigeti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.03357},
  year   = {2024}
}

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17 pages

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