The strong attacking-cop-number conjecture

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Let GG be a graph, and write c(G)\operatorname{c}(G) for its cop number and cc(G)\operatorname{cc}(G) for its attacking cop number.

Strong attacking-cop-number conjecture. For all integers k4k \geq 4 there exists a graph HH such that c(H)=k\operatorname{c}(H)=k and

cc(H)=2c(H).\operatorname{cc}(H)=2\operatorname{c}(H).

The conjecture asks whether the general upper bound cc(G)2c(G)\operatorname{cc}(G)\leq 2\operatorname{c}(G) is attained for every cop number at least four. The source states that its truth is unclear and that constructing examples with attacking cop number exceeding the cop number by at least two is nontrivial.

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Alexander Clow, Melissa A. Huggan and M. E. Messinger, “Cops and Attacking Robbers with Cycle Constraints”, arXiv:2408.02225 (2024).

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