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Acyclic orientations with degree constraints

Computational Complexity 2018-06-13 v1 Discrete Mathematics Combinatorics

Abstract

In this note we study the complexity of some generalizations of the notion of stst-numbering. Suppose that given some functions ff and gg, we want to order the vertices of a graph such that every vertex vv is preceded by at least f(v)f(v) of its neighbors and succeeded by at least g(v)g(v) of its neighbors. We prove that this problem is solvable in polynomial time if fg0fg\equiv 0, but it becomes NP-complete for fg2f\equiv g \equiv 2. This answers a question of the first author posed in 2009.

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@article{arxiv.1806.03426,
  title  = {Acyclic orientations with degree constraints},
  author = {Zoltán Király and Dömötör Pálvölgyi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.03426},
  year   = {2018}
}
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