English

Tight minimum colored degree condition for rainbow connectivity

Combinatorics 2024-11-15 v1

Abstract

Let G=(V,E)G = (V, E) be a graph on nn vertices, and let c:EPc: E \to P, where PP is a set of colors. Let δc(G)=minvV{dc(v)}\delta^c(G) = \min_{v \in V} \{ d^{c}(v) \} where dc(v)d^c(v) is the number of colors on edges incident to a vertex vv of GG. In 2011, Fujita and Magnant showed that if GG is a graph on nn vertices that satisfies δc(G)n/2\delta^c(G)\geq n/2, then for every two vertices u,vu, v there is a properly-colored u,vu,v-path in GG. In this paper, we show that the same bound for δc(G)\delta^c(G) implies that any two vertices are connected by a rainbow path.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2411.09095,
  title  = {Tight minimum colored degree condition for rainbow connectivity},
  author = {Andrzej Czygrinow and Xiaofan Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.09095},
  year   = {2024}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T19:59:18.272Z