Lucas Picasarri-Arrieta
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Lucas Picasarri-Arrieta has a total of 19 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Frédéric Havet
CNRS
5 shared publications - Dieter Rautenbach
Ulm University
3 shared publications - Florian Hörsch
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Saarbrücken Germany
3 shared publications - Stéphane Bessy
LIRMM Univ Montpellier CNRS Montpellier France
3 shared publications - Clément Rambaud
Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Sophia-Antipolis, France
2 shared publications Frédéric Havet
CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, I3S, Inria, Sophia-Antipolis, France
2 shared publications
Latest Publications
- 8 April 2026
- Published by Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur
Digraph colouring
Coloration de graphes dirigés: Cette thèse est dédiée à l'étude de la dicoloration, une notion de coloration pour les digraphes introduite par ErdH{o}s et Neumann-Lara à la fin des années 1970, ainsi que le paramètre qui lui est associé, à savoir le nombre dichromatique. Au cours des dernières décennies, ces deux notions ont permis de généraliser de nombreux résultats classiques de coloration de graphes. Nous commençons par donner différentes bornes sur le nombre dichromatique des digraphes dont le graphe sous-jacent est un graphe cordal. Ensuite, nous améliorons la borne donnée par le théorème de Brooks pour les digraphes sans arcs antiparallèles et introduisons une notion de dégénérescence variables pour les digraphes, ce qui nous permet de prouver une version plus générale du théorème de Brooks.Nous étudions ensuite les digraphes k-dicritiques, c'est-à-dire les obstructions minimales à la (k-1)-dicolorabilité. En particulier, nous généralisons un résultat de Gallai au cas dirigé, et nous prouvons une conjecture de Kostochka et Stiebitz dans le cas particulier k=4. Nous discutons également la densité maximum de tels digraphes, et prouvons qu'il n'y a qu'un nombre fini de digraphes semi-complets 3-dicritiques. On donne par la suite certains résultats structurels sur les digraphes dicritiques de grand ordre.Enfin, nous étudions la notion de redicoloration pour les digraphes. En particulier, nous prouvons que de nombreux résultats soutenant la conjecture de Cereceda se généralisent au cas dirigé.
- 8 April 2026
- Published by Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur
Digraph colouring
Coloration de graphes dirigés: Cette thèse est dédiée à l'étude de la dicoloration, une notion de coloration pour les digraphes introduite par ErdH{o}s et Neumann-Lara à la fin des années 1970, ainsi que le paramètre qui lui est associé, à savoir le nombre dichromatique. Au cours des dernières décennies, ces deux notions ont permis de généraliser de nombreux résultats classiques de coloration de graphes. Nous commençons par donner différentes bornes sur le nombre dichromatique des digraphes dont le graphe sous-jacent est un graphe cordal. Ensuite, nous améliorons la borne donnée par le théorème de Brooks pour les digraphes sans arcs antiparallèles et introduisons une notion de dégénérescence variables pour les digraphes, ce qui nous permet de prouver une version plus générale du théorème de Brooks.Nous étudions ensuite les digraphes k-dicritiques, c'est-à-dire les obstructions minimales à la (k-1)-dicolorabilité. En particulier, nous généralisons un résultat de Gallai au cas dirigé, et nous prouvons une conjecture de Kostochka et Stiebitz dans le cas particulier k=4. Nous discutons également la densité maximum de tels digraphes, et prouvons qu'il n'y a qu'un nombre fini de digraphes semi-complets 3-dicritiques. On donne par la suite certains résultats structurels sur les digraphes dicritiques de grand ordre.Enfin, nous étudions la notion de redicoloration pour les digraphes. En particulier, nous prouvons que de nombreux résultats soutenant la conjecture de Cereceda se généralisent au cas dirigé.
- Open Access
On the number of maximal independent sets and maximal induced bipartite subgraphs in $K_4$-free graphs
Let $G$ be a $K_4$-free graph of order $n$ and let $k$ be an integer with $0\leq k\leq n$. We show the existence of positive constants $η$ and $ν$ such that $G$ has at most $(4-η)^{(5-η)k-n}(5-η)^{n-(4-η)k}$ maximal independent sets of order $k$ and at most $O\left((12-ν)^{\frac{n}{4}}\right)$ maximal induced bipartite subgraphs.Open AccessOn the number of maximal independent sets and maximal induced bipartite subgraphs in $K_4$-free graphs
Let $G$ be a $K_4$-free graph of order $n$ and let $k$ be an integer with $0\leq k\leq n$. We show the existence of positive constants $η$ and $ν$ such that $G$ has at most $(4-η)^{(5-η)k-n}(5-η)^{n-(4-η)k}$ maximal independent sets of order $k$ and at most $O\left((12-ν)^{\frac{n}{4}}\right)$ maximal induced bipartite subgraphs. - Open Access
Generalized DP-colorings of digraphs
In this paper we consider the following three coloring concepts for digraphs. First of all, the generalized coloring concept, in which the same colored vertices of a digraph induce a subdigraph that satisfies a given digraph property. Second, the concept of variable degeneracy, introduced for graphs by Borodin, Kostochka and Toft in 2000; this allows to give a common generalization of the point partition number and the list dichromatic number. Finally, the DP-coloring concept as introduced for graphs by Dvořák and Postle in 2018, in which a list assignment of a graph is replaced by a cover. Combining these three coloring concepts leads to generalizations of several classical coloring results for graphs and digraphs, including the theorems of Brooks, of Gallai, of Erdős, Rubin, and Taylor, and of Bernshteyn, Kostochka, and Pron for graphs, and the corresponding theorems for digraphs due to Harutyunyan and Mohar. Our main result combines the DP-coloring and variable degeneracy concepts for digraphs.
Open AccessGeneralized DP-colorings of digraphs
In this paper we consider the following three coloring concepts for digraphs. First of all, the generalized coloring concept, in which the same colored vertices of a digraph induce a subdigraph that satisfies a given digraph property. Second, the concept of variable degeneracy, introduced for graphs by Borodin, Kostochka and Toft in 2000; this allows to give a common generalization of the point partition number and the list dichromatic number. Finally, the DP-coloring concept as introduced for graphs by Dvořák and Postle in 2018, in which a list assignment of a graph is replaced by a cover. Combining these three coloring concepts leads to generalizations of several classical coloring results for graphs and digraphs, including the theorems of Brooks, of Gallai, of Erdős, Rubin, and Taylor, and of Bernshteyn, Kostochka, and Pron for graphs, and the corresponding theorems for digraphs due to Harutyunyan and Mohar. Our main result combines the DP-coloring and variable degeneracy concepts for digraphs.
- 10 July 2025
- Published by Springer Nature in Graphs and Combinatorics
- Vol. 41 (4) , 1-16
Dichromatic number of chordal graphs
- 10 July 2025
- Published by Springer Nature in Graphs and Combinatorics
- Vol. 41 (4) , 1-16
Dichromatic number of chordal graphs
- Open Access
- 17 January 2025
- Published by The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
- Vol. 32 (1) , P1.1
The 3-Dicritical Semi-Complete Digraphs
A digraph is $3$-dicritical if it cannot be vertex-partitioned into two sets inducing acyclic digraphs, but each of its proper subdigraphs can. We give a human-readable proof that the collection of 3-dicritical semi-complete digraphs is finite. Further, we give a computer-assisted proof of a full characterization of 3-dicritical semi complete digraphs. There are eight such digraphs, two of which are tournaments. We finally give a general upper bound on the maximum number of arcs in a $3$-dicritical digraph.
- 17 January 2025
- Published by The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
- Vol. 32 (1) , P1.1
Open AccessThe 3-Dicritical Semi-Complete Digraphs
A digraph is $3$-dicritical if it cannot be vertex-partitioned into two sets inducing acyclic digraphs, but each of its proper subdigraphs can. We give a human-readable proof that the collection of 3-dicritical semi-complete digraphs is finite. Further, we give a computer-assisted proof of a full characterization of 3-dicritical semi complete digraphs. There are eight such digraphs, two of which are tournaments. We finally give a general upper bound on the maximum number of arcs in a $3$-dicritical digraph.
- Open Access
- 3 October 2024
- Published by The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
- Vol. 31 (4) , P4.26
Complexity Results on the Decomposition of a Digraph into Directed Linear Forests and Out-Stars
We consider two decomposition problems in directed graphs. We say that a digraph is $k$-bounded for some $k \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}$ if each of its connected components contains at most $k$ arcs. For the first problem, a directed linear forest is a collection of vertex-disjoint directed paths and we consider the problem of decomposing a given digraph into a $k$-bounded and an $\ell$-bounded directed linear forest for some fixed $k,\ell \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}\cup \{\infty\}$. We give a full dichotomy for this problem by showing that it can be solved in polynomial time if $k+\ell \leq 3$ and is NP-complete otherwise. This answers a question of Campbell, Hörsch, and Moore. For the second problem, we say that an out-galaxy is a vertex-disjoint collection of out-stars. Again, we give a full dichotomy of when a given digraph can be edge-decomposed into a $k$-bounded and an $\ell$-bounded out-galaxy for fixed $k,\ell \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}\cup \{\infty\}$. More precisely, we show that the problem can be solved in polynomial time if $\min\{k,\ell\}\in \{1,\infty\}$ and is NP-complete otherwise.- 3 October 2024
- Published by The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
- Vol. 31 (4) , P4.26
Open AccessComplexity Results on the Decomposition of a Digraph into Directed Linear Forests and Out-Stars
We consider two decomposition problems in directed graphs. We say that a digraph is $k$-bounded for some $k \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}$ if each of its connected components contains at most $k$ arcs. For the first problem, a directed linear forest is a collection of vertex-disjoint directed paths and we consider the problem of decomposing a given digraph into a $k$-bounded and an $\ell$-bounded directed linear forest for some fixed $k,\ell \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}\cup \{\infty\}$. We give a full dichotomy for this problem by showing that it can be solved in polynomial time if $k+\ell \leq 3$ and is NP-complete otherwise. This answers a question of Campbell, Hörsch, and Moore. For the second problem, we say that an out-galaxy is a vertex-disjoint collection of out-stars. Again, we give a full dichotomy of when a given digraph can be edge-decomposed into a $k$-bounded and an $\ell$-bounded out-galaxy for fixed $k,\ell \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}\cup \{\infty\}$. More precisely, we show that the problem can be solved in polynomial time if $\min\{k,\ell\}\in \{1,\infty\}$ and is NP-complete otherwise. - 29 July 2024
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Graph Theory
- Vol. 107 (4) , 778-809
On the minimum number of arcs in 4‐dicritical oriented graphs
The dichromatic number of a digraph is the minimum number of colours needed to colour the vertices of a digraph such that each colour class induces an acyclic subdigraph. A digraph is ‐dicritical if and each proper subdigraph of satisfies . For integers and , we define (resp., ) as the minimum number of arcs possible in a ‐dicritical digraph (resp., oriented graph). Kostochka and Stiebitz have shown that . They also conjectured that there is a constant such that for and large enough. This conjecture is known to be true for . In this work, we prove that every 4‐dicritical oriented graph on vertices has at least arcs, showing the conjecture for . We also characterise exactly the 4‐dicritical digraphs on vertices with exactly arcs.
- 29 July 2024
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Graph Theory
- Vol. 107 (4) , 778-809
On the minimum number of arcs in 4‐dicritical oriented graphs
The dichromatic number of a digraph is the minimum number of colours needed to colour the vertices of a digraph such that each colour class induces an acyclic subdigraph. A digraph is ‐dicritical if and each proper subdigraph of satisfies . For integers and , we define (resp., ) as the minimum number of arcs possible in a ‐dicritical digraph (resp., oriented graph). Kostochka and Stiebitz have shown that . They also conjectured that there is a constant such that for and large enough. This conjecture is known to be true for . In this work, we prove that every 4‐dicritical oriented graph on vertices has at least arcs, showing the conjecture for . We also characterise exactly the 4‐dicritical digraphs on vertices with exactly arcs.
- 16 July 2024
- Published by Elsevier in European Journal of Combinatorics
- Vol. 122
Subdivisions in dicritical digraphs with large order or digirth
- 16 July 2024
- Published by Elsevier in European Journal of Combinatorics
- Vol. 122
Subdivisions in dicritical digraphs with large order or digirth
- 21 June 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Theoretical Computer Science
- Vol. 1010
Constrained flows in networks
- 21 June 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Theoretical Computer Science
- Vol. 1010
Constrained flows in networks
- 10 June 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Discrete Applied Mathematics
- Vol. 356, 191-208
Redicolouring digraphs: Directed treewidth and cycle-degeneracy
- 10 June 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Discrete Applied Mathematics
- Vol. 356, 191-208
Redicolouring digraphs: Directed treewidth and cycle-degeneracy