Conjectured edge threshold for bounded-diameter orientations of bridgeless graphs

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For integers nn and dd with 2dn22\leq d\leq n-2, let m(n,d)m(n,d) be the minimum number mm such that every bridgeless graph of order nn and size at least mm has an orientation of diameter at most dd.

Conjecture on m(n,d)m(n,d).

m(n,d)=(nd2)+n+2.m(n,d)={n-d\choose 2}+n+2.

The formula is known for d=2d=2 and d=n2d=n-2, while the general case remains open; the paper proves the lower bound for 5dn25\leq d\leq n-2.

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Primary source

Sopon Boriboon and Teeradej Kittipassorn, “A Size Condition for Small Diameter Orientable Graphs”, arXiv:2508.17569 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2304.01306.

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