# we-solve research prompt: Math-1560, Rainbow reachability and the multi-label core obstruction

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/rainbow-reachability-and-the-multi-label-core-obstruction/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 20001036; source catalogue code AIM-COMBINATORICS-0161
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\section*{Rainbow reachability and the multi-label core obstruction}\label{20001036}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 20001036 · AIM-COMBINATORICS-0161 · Combinatorics · AIM Workshop Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite simple loopless digraph with $V\ne\varnothing$,
and choose subsets $E_1,\ldots,E_k\subseteq E$ for some $k\ge1$.
These subsets need not be disjoint. An arc $e$ has the available labels
$S_e=\{i:e\in E_i\}$. A directed path or directed cycle is rainbow
if one can assign to each of its arcs a label in $S_e$ so that all
assigned labels are distinct. Labels are chosen for that occurrence
of the path or cycle; they need not increase along it.
An arc having no labels cannot be used in a rainbow structure.

Set $G_i=(V,E_i)$, and let $d_i^+(v)$ be its outdegree at $v$.
Let $R(v)$ be the set of vertices other than $v$ reachable from $v$
by a positive-length rainbow directed path. Paths have distinct
vertices, while cycles have distinct vertices apart from their common
start and end. The proposed alternative is
\[
 \text{there exists a rainbow directed cycle,}
 \quad\text{or}\quad
 \exists v\in V:\ |R(v)|\ge\sum_{i=1}^k d_i^+(v).
\]
The sum counts a multi-labelled outgoing arc once for each of its
labels; reachable vertices are counted only once. This distinction
is part of the force of the assertion. There is no restriction on
opposite arcs, and no global assignment of a single color to every
arc is assumed.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Must a directed graph with overlapping edge-label sets have either a rainbow cycle or a vertex with sufficiently large rainbow reachability?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 20001036 (AIM-COMBINATORICS-0161), AIM Workshop Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] American Institute of Mathematics, The Caccetta-Haggkvist conjecture, item 6. Original workshop question underlying AIM-COMBINATORICS-0161.
\url{https://aimath.org/WWN/caccetta/caccetta.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AIM-COMBINATORICS-0161

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-20001036
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)