# we-solve research prompt: Math-1884, Independent arborescences in acyclic digraphs

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/independent-arborescences-in-acyclic-digraphs/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3000044; source catalogue code AMR-029-0044
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\section*{Independent arborescences in acyclic digraphs}\label{3000044}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3000044 · AMR-029-0044 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $D=(V,A)$ be a finite acyclic digraph. Choose roots
$r_1,\ldots,r_k$, which need not be distinct, and convex sets $U_i\subseteq V$
with $r_i\in U_i$. A set is convex here if every directed path whose
endpoints lie in that set has all its vertices in the set.
An $r_i$-arborescence on $U_i$ is an outward-directed tree spanning
exactly $U_i$.

For a vertex $v$, put $I(v)=\{i:v\in U_i\}$. Paths $P_i$ from $r_i$
to $v$, indexed by $I(v)$, are openly disjoint when, for $i\ne j$,
\[
 A(P_i)\cap A(P_j)=\varnothing,\qquad
 V(P_i)\cap V(P_j)=\{v\}\cup(\{r_i\}\cap\{r_j\}).
\]
A length-zero path is allowed when $r_i=v$.

Is the following condition sufficient for independent arborescences
$T_i$ on the prescribed $U_i$: for each $v$ there exists such an
openly disjoint family of $r_i$--$v$ paths? Independence requires that
the unique $r_i$--$v$ paths in the chosen $T_i$ satisfy the displayed
conditions for every $v$. Necessity is immediate, so sufficiency gives
the requested equivalence.

The local path families may depend on $v$; the conclusion must realize
all of them compatibly through one fixed family of trees. Convexity
ensures that paths with endpoints $r_i,v\in U_i$ remain in $U_i$.
No bound is imposed on the number of sets containing a vertex.
\subsection{Short English statement}
For convex vertex sets in an acyclic digraph, do local disjoint-path
conditions guarantee a compatible family of independent rooted trees?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3000044 (AMR-029-0044), 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: Independent arborescences in acyclic digraphs. Original source indexed by AMR-029-0044.
\url{https://oldlemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/List_of_open_problems}.
\item[S3] EGRES Open, Independent arborescences in acyclic digraphs. Individual source page and explanatory remarks.
\url{https://lemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/Independent_arborescences_in_acyclic_digraphs}.
\item[S4] A. Frank and collaborators, Independent arborescences in directed graphs, including convex-set definitions and the bounded-overlap special case.
\url{https://andrasfrank.web.elte.hu/cikkek/FrankJ63.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-029-0044

## 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-3000044
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)
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Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)