An n×n matrix is called an N 0 -matrix if all principal minors are non-positive and each entry is non-positive. In this paper, we study the partial non-combinatorially symmetric N 0 -matrix completion problems if the graph of its specified entries is a transitive tournament or a double cycle. In general, these digraphs do not have N 0 -completion. Therefore, we have given sufficient conditions ...

A kernel N of a digraph D is an independent set of vertices of D such that for every w ∈ V (D)− N there exists an arc from w to N . If every induced subdigraph of D has a kernel, D is said to be a kernel perfect digraph. D is called a critical kernel imperfect digraph when D has no kernel but every proper induced subdigraph of D has a kernel. If F is a set of arcs of D, a semikernel modulo F of...

We construct infinite highly arc-transitive digraphs with finite out-valency and whose sets of descendants are digraphs which have a homomorphism onto a directed (rooted) tree. Some of these constructions are based on [4] and [5], and are shown to have universal reachability

We introduce the class of bi-arc digraphs, and show they coincide with the class of digraphs that admit a conservative semi-lattice polymorphism, i.e., a min ordering. Surprisingly this turns out to be also the class of digraphs that admit totally symmetric conservative polymorphisms of all arities. We give an obstruction characterization of, and a polynomial time recognition algorithm for, thi...

Thomassen proved that there is no degree of strong connectivity which guarantees a cycle through two given vertices in a digraph (Combinatorica 11 (1991) 393-395). In this paper we consider a large family of digraphs, including symmetric digraphs (i.e. digraphs obtained from undirected graphs by replacing each edge by a directed cycle of length two), semicomplete bipartite digraphs, locally sem...

Given a number of requests `, we propose a polynomial-time algorithm for finding ` disjoint paths in a symmetric directed graph. It is known that the problem of finding ` ≥ 2 disjoint paths in a directed graph is NP-hard [S. Fortune, J. Hopcroft, J. Wyllie, The directed subgraph homeomorphism problem, Journal of Theoretical Computer Science 10 (2) (1980) 111–121]. However, by studying minimal s...