# we-solve research prompt: Math-1870, Deciding kernel-perfectness

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/deciding-kernel-perfectness/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3000025; source catalogue code AMR-029-0025
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\section*{Deciding kernel-perfectness}\label{3000025}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3000025 · AMR-029-0025 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $D=(V,A)$ be a finite loopless digraph; opposite arcs are allowed.
A kernel is a subset $K\subseteq V$ that is stable and absorbing:
no arc has both endpoints in $K$, and every $v\in V\setminus K$
has an arc $v\to u$ with $u\in K$. For $U\subseteq V$, let $D[U]$
be the induced subdigraph retaining exactly the arcs with both endpoints
in $U$.

The digraph is kernel-perfect when
\[
                        \text{every }D[U],\ U\subseteq V,
                        \text{ has a kernel}.
\]
Determine the computational complexity of recognizing kernel-perfect
digraphs, both in general and for structurally specified classes.
In particular, seek efficient recognition criteria for natural classes
where the universal induced-subgraph condition can be tested without
enumerating every subset, and hardness classifications where it cannot.

The input is the digraph itself, rather than a supplied kernel for each
induced subgraph. Having a kernel in $D$ alone is strictly less demanding
than kernel-perfectness. The empty induced subgraph has the empty kernel.
With the absorption convention above, reversing all arcs also reverses
the direction used in the kernel condition; using out-dominating stable
sets without that reversal would describe a different property of the
given orientation.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Determine the complexity of recognizing digraphs in which every
induced subdigraph has an absorbing stable set.
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3000025 (AMR-029-0025), 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: Deciding kernel-perfectness. Original source indexed by AMR-029-0025.
\url{https://oldlemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/List_of_open_problems}.
\item[S3] EGRES Open, Deciding kernel-perfectness. Individual source page and explanatory remarks.
\url{https://lemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/Deciding_kernel-perfectness}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-029-0025

## 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-3000025
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:
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Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)