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同态到9圈的平面图

Planar Graphs with Homomorphisms to the 9-cycle

Daniel W. Cranston, Jiaao Li, Zhouningxin Wang, Chunyan Wei

AI总结:

本研究针对Jaeger-Zhang猜想,通过改进势方法并应用于模定向,证明了奇围长至少为23的平面图可同态到9圈,并推广了带符号平面图的圆染色结果。

摘要:

我们研究了从具有高奇围长的平面图到奇圈的同态存在问题。Jaeger-Zhang猜想指出,每个奇围长至少为$4k+1$的平面图都允许同态到奇圈$C_{2k+1}$。$k=1$的情形就是著名的Grötzsch三色定理。对于一般的$k$,Lovász、Thomassen、Wu和Zhang在2013年证明了奇围长至少为$6k+1$就足够了。对于$C_5$和$C_7$,已有改进结果(见[Combinatorica 2017, SIDMA 2020, Combinatorica 2022])。对于$C_9$,我们改进了这一假设,证明了奇围长达到23即可。我们的主要工具是应用于模定向的势方法的一种变体。这使得在寻找可约构型时具有更大的灵活性。同样的技术还证明了关于带符号平面图的圆染色的若干结果。

英文摘要:

We study the problem of finding homomorphisms into odd cycles from planar graphs with high odd-girth. The Jaeger-Zhang conjecture states that every planar graph of odd-girth at least $4k+1$ admits a homomorphism to the odd cycle $C_{2k+1}$. The $k=1$ case is the well-known Grötzsch's $3$-coloring theorem. For general $k$, in 2013 Lovász, Thomassen, Wu, and Zhang showed that it suffices to have odd-girth at least $6k+1$. Improvements are known for $C_5$ and $C_7$ in [Combinatorica 2017, SIDMA 2020, Combinatorica 2022]. For $C_9$ we improve this hypothesis by showing that it suffices to have odd-girth 23. Our main tool is a variation on the potential method applied to modular orientations. This allows more flexibility when seeking reducible configurations. The same techniques also prove some results on circular coloring of signed planar graphs.

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