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Redicoloring some classes of circulant tournaments

Combinatorics 2025-10-07 v1

Abstract

Given a digraph DD with no loops, the \textit{dicoloring graph} of DD, denoted by Dk(D)\mathcal{D}_k(D), is the graph whose vertices are the acyclic kk-colorings of DD and two colorings are adjacent in Dk(D)\mathcal{D}_k(D) if they differ in color on exactly one vertex. In this paper, we prove that there is no expression ϕ(χ)\phi(\vec{\chi}) in terms of the dichromatic number χ\vec\chi, such that the graph Dk(D)\mathcal{D}_k(D) is connected for all graphs DD and integers kϕ(χ)k\geq \phi(\vec\chi). We give conditions for the dicoloring graph of two infinite families of circulant tournaments to be connected, and we provide upper bounds for its diameter. In particular, for the Payley tournament C7(1,2,4)\vec{C}_{7}(1,2,4), also known as ST7ST_7, we prove that Dk(C7(1,2,4))\mathcal{D}_k(\vec{C}_{7}(1,2,4)) is connected and has diameter 8, for each k3k\geq 3.

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@article{arxiv.2510.04990,
  title  = {Redicoloring some classes of circulant tournaments},
  author = {Narda Cordero-Michel and Mika Olsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.04990},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages, 3 figures, 1 table