# we-solve research prompt: Math-1862, Changing conservative weightings in bipartite graphs

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/changing-conservative-weightings-in-bipartite-graphs/).

## 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 3000010; source catalogue code AMR-029-0010
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\section*{Changing conservative weightings in bipartite graphs}\label{3000010}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3000010 · AMR-029-0010 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $G=(A\sqcup B,E)$ be a finite bipartite graph. A weighting
$w:E\to\{-1,1\}$ is conservative when every simple cycle $C$ satisfies
\[
                              \sum_{e\in E(C)}w(e)\ge0.
\]
This is a condition on simple undirected cycles; it is not a prohibition
on negative closed walks that immediately traverse an edge and return.
Write $E_+=\{e:w(e)=1\}$.

For $F\subseteq E_+$, change the sign of the edges of $F$, leaving every
other weight fixed. The resulting weighting $w_F$ is conservative exactly
when
\[
                  2|F\cap E(C)|\le\sum_{e\in E(C)}w(e)
                                      \quad\text{for every simple cycle }C.
\]
Given a conservative input weighting, can one compute in polynomial time
the largest possible value of $|F|$ and construct a maximizing set?

The selected signs must be changed simultaneously; a largest feasible
set is sought, rather than a set to which no additional edge can be added.
The formulation permits all bipartite input graphs, including disconnected
ones. Bridges lie on no cycle and hence impose no cycle obstruction to a
sign change. Although feasibility is expressed using every cycle, an
efficient algorithm must avoid enumerating an exponentially large cycle
family in general.
\subsection{Short English statement}
How many positive edges of a conservatively weighted bipartite
graph can be made negative while keeping every cycle's total weight nonnegative?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3000010 (AMR-029-0010), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Egres Open - List of open problems, Open-problem page: Changing conservative weightings in bipartite graphs. Original source indexed by AMR-029-0010.
\url{https://oldlemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/List_of_open_problems}.
\item[S3] EGRES Open, Changing conservative weightings in bipartite graphs. Individual source page and explanatory remarks.
\url{https://lemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/Changing_conservative_weightings_in_bipartite_graphs}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-029-0010

## 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-3000010
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)