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Keywords:
graph homomorphism; homomorphism duality; rooted oriented path
Summary:
Let $(H,r)$ be a fixed rooted digraph. The $(H,r)$-coloring problem is the problem of deciding for which rooted digraphs $(G,s)$ there is a homomorphism $f:G\to H$ which maps the vertex $s$ to the vertex $r$. Let $(H,r)$ be a rooted oriented path. In this case we characterize the nonexistence of such a homomorphism by the existence of a rooted oriented cycle $(C,q)$, which is homomorphic to $(G,s)$ but not homomorphic to $(H,r)$. Such a property of the digraph $(H,r)$ is called {\it rooted cycle duality } or $*$-{\it cycle duality}. This extends the analogical result for unrooted oriented paths given in [6]. We also introduce the notion of {\it comprimed tree duality}. We show that comprimed tree duality of a rooted digraph $(H,r)$ implies a polynomial algorithm for the $(H,r)$-coloring problem.
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