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Common consequents in directed graphs. (English) Zbl 0575.05041

If u and v are two distinct nodes of a directed graph \(G_ n\), let N(u,v) denote the least integer k (if it exists) such that there exists a node w whose distance from u and whose distance from v equals k. The author shows that if N(u,v) exists then N(u,v)\(\leq [(n^ 2+3)/2]-n\).
Reviewer: J.W.Moon

MSC:

05C50 Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.)
05C38 Paths and cycles
05C20 Directed graphs (digraphs), tournaments

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