The logarithmic localization conjecture for invisible agents on graphs

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Let GG be a finite, simple, undirected, connected graph of order nn. A mouse moves along the graph, and a cat probes vertices, receiving relative-distance information that determines the possible mouse positions. The cat can localize the mouse up to distance dd when it has a strategy guaranteeing that the set MiM_i of possible mouse positions has graph radius at most dd at some finite time.

Logarithmic localization conjecture. The cat can localize the mouse up to distance O(log⁡n)O(\log n) on GG.

The conjecture extends the paper's constant-distance localization results for bounded-degree trees and square grids. The O(log⁡n)O(\log n) scale is motivated by the fact that O(log⁡n)O(\log n) bits suffice to identify one of nn vertices, while the mouse may move a comparable distance during the time needed to obtain that information.

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Dennis Dayanikli and Dieter Rautenbach, “Approximately locating an invisible agent in a graph with relative distance queries”, arXiv:1801.02370 (2018).

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