The Caccetta-Haggkvist conjecture

January 30 to February 3, 2006

at the

American Institute of Mathematics, San Jose, California

organized by

Maria Chudnovsky, Paul Seymour, and Robin Thomas

Original Announcement

This workshop will focus on the Caccetta-Haggkvist conjecture, which in its simplest form asserts the following:

If G is an n-vertex directed graph with minimum outdegree at least n/k, then G has a directed cycle of length at most k.

This has a number of variants and strengthenings, and in particular it has numerous connections with additive number theory. The workshop aims to clarify and develop these variants, and to bring together people working on different aspects of the conjecture in the hope of finding a solution.

Material from the workshop

A list of participants.

The workshop schedule.

A report on the workshop activities.