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Packing of mixed hyperarborescences with flexible roots via matroid intersection

Combinatorics 2021-03-02 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Given a mixed hypergraph F=(V,AE)\mathcal{F}=(V,\mathcal{A}\cup \mathcal{E}), functions f,g:VZ+f,g:V\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_+ and an integer kk, a packing of kk spanning mixed hyperarborescences is called (k,f,g)(k,f,g)-flexible if every vVv \in V is the root of at least f(v)f(v) and at most g(v)g(v) of the mixed hyperarborescences. We give a characterization of the mixed hypergraphs admitting such packings. This generalizes results of Frank and, more recently, Gao and Yang. Our approach is based on matroid intersection, generalizing a construction of Edmonds. We also obtain an algorithm for finding a minimum weight solution to the above mentioned problem.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2012.13899,
  title  = {Packing of mixed hyperarborescences with flexible roots via matroid intersection},
  author = {Florian Hörsch and Zoltán Szigeti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.13899},
  year   = {2021}
}
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