DIMACS TR: 96-32

A Circular Graph - Counterexample to the Duchet Kernel Conjecture



Authors: A. Apartsin, E. Ferapontova, V. Gurvich

ABSTRACT

We construct a directed graph G such that a) G is strongly connected, b) G has the circular symmetry, c) G is not a directed odd cycle, d) G has no kernel but e) after removing any edge from G the obtained graph has a kernel.

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