Conjectured exponential-square-root bound for the cop-pebbling number

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Let GG be a graph on nn vertices, and let πc(G)\pi^{\sf c}(G) denote its cop-pebbling number. Cop-pebbling bound conjecture. Every graph GG on nn vertices satisfies

πc(G)=O(n2n).\pi^{\sf c}(G)=O(\sqrt{n}2^{\sqrt{n}}).

This conjecture proposes a general upper bound for the cop-pebbling number, motivated by the preceding discussion of Meyniel's conjecture; the source does not provide a resolution.

References

Primary source

Nancy Clarke, Joshua Forkin and Glenn Hurlbert, “Cops and robbers pebbling in graphs”, arXiv:2301.00434 (2026).

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