On the Constructor-Blocker Game
Abstract
In the Constructor-Blocker game, two players, Constructor and Blocker, alternatively claim unclaimed edges of the complete graph . For given graphs and , Constructor can only claim edges that leave her graph -free, while Blocker has no restrictions. Constructor's goal is to build as many copies of as she can, while Blocker attempts to stop this. The game ends once there are no more edges that Constructor can claim. The score of the game is the number of copies of in Constructor's graph at the end of the game, when both players play optimally and Constructor plays first. In this paper, we extend results of Patk\'os, Stojakovi\'c and Vizer on to many pairs of and : We determine when and , also when both and are odd cycles, using Szemer\'edi's Regularity Lemma. We also obtain bounds of when and .
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@article{arxiv.2401.00386,
title = {On the Constructor-Blocker Game},
author = {József Balogh and Ce Chen and Sean English},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.00386},
year = {2024}
}
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16 pages