Abstract
For a tree T on n vertices, we study the Maker-Breaker game, played on the edge set of the complete graph on n vertices, which Maker wins as soon as the graph she builds contains a copy of T. We prove that if T has bounded maximum degree and n is sufficiently large, then Maker can win this game within n + 1 moves. Moreover, we prove that Maker can build almost every tree on n vertices in nâ'1 moves and provide nontrivial examples of families of trees which Maker cannot build in n â'1 moves.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1683-1705 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Maker-Breaker games
- Positional games
- Spanning trees