A Gray code for arborescences of tournaments
Combinatorics
2026-03-31 v1 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
We consider the following question of Knuth: given a directed graph and a root , can the arborescences of rooted in be listed such that any two consecutive arborescences differ by only one arc? Such an ordering is called a pivot Gray code and can be formulated as a Hamiltonian path in the reconfiguration graph of the arborescences of under arc flips, also called flip graph of . We give a positive answer for tournaments and explore several conditions showing that the flip graph of a directed graph may contain no Hamiltonian cycles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.28614,
title = {A Gray code for arborescences of tournaments},
author = {Marthe Bonamy and Michael Hoffmann and Clément Legrand-Duchesne and Günter Rote},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.28614},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
20 pages, 14 figures