A Winner Classification for Rooted Partizan Edge Geography on Heterogeneous Bouquets of Cycles
We consider an undirected edge-traversal game on a finite bouquet of simple cycles. Each of two players controls a token, both tokens begin at the common root, and the players alternate traversing edges that have not been used by either token. A player with no legal move loses. We prove that the first player wins precisely when the number of cycles of odd edge-length is odd, without assuming equal cycle lengths. The proof uses a simultaneous induction on root and defense configurations, with an exact analysis of the forced race between two opened cycles. We also explain how the classification corresponds to a completed Lean 4 formalization of the underlying game on finite edge sets.
Authors
- Adam Tilèpe
Institutions
- La Rochelle Université (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23663708
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
- Type
- preprint