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 |
|---|---|
| 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
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