Two-block paths in oriented graphs of large semidegree
Combinatorics
2025-04-01 v1
Abstract
We study the existence of oriented paths with two blocks in oriented graphs under semidegree conditions. A block of an oriented path is a maximal directed subpath. Given positive integers and with , we establish a semidegree function that guarantees the containment of every oriented path with two blocks of sizes and . As a corollary, we show that every oriented graph with all in- and out-degrees at least contains every two-block path with arcs. Our results extend previous work on Stein's conjecture and related problems concerning oriented paths.
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@article{arxiv.2503.23191,
title = {Two-block paths in oriented graphs of large semidegree},
author = {Irena Penev and S Taruni and Stéphan Thomassé and Ana Trujillo-Negrete and Mykhaylo Tyomkyn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.23191},
year = {2025}
}