# we-solve research prompt: Math-1895, Parity constrained strongly connected orientations

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/parity-constrained-strongly-connected-orientations/).

## 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 3000063; source catalogue code AMR-029-0063
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\section*{Parity constrained strongly connected orientations}\label{3000063}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3000063 · AMR-029-0063 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite loopless undirected graph and $k\ge1$.
For an orientation $D$, write $d_D^-(v)$ for the number of edges
directed into $v$, and $\rho_D(X)$ for the number of arcs entering
a vertex set $X$ from its complement. The orientation is
$k$-arc-connected when
\[
                            \rho_D(X)\ge k
                                  \quad(\varnothing\ne X\subsetneq V).
\]
For $k=1$ this is strong connectivity.

Characterize the graphs admitting an orientation that satisfies this
cut condition and simultaneously has
\[
                           d_D^-(v)\equiv1\pmod2
                                          \quad(v\in V).
\]
Seek a useful necessary-and-sufficient criterion in the undirected
graph and an effective construction for feasible inputs, including
the strong-connectivity case and the higher-connectivity extension.

Necessary conditions include $2k$-edge-connectivity and
$|E|\equiv |V|\pmod2$, since the sum of all indegrees is $|E|$.
These elementary conditions are not asserted to be sufficient.
The parity prescription applies to every vertex, while connectivity
is global across every nontrivial cut. An orientation that is merely
reachable from one root need not meet this requirement. Likewise,
constructing an odd-indegree orientation and a strongly connected
orientation separately does not ensure a single orientation meeting
both demands.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Characterize when a graph can be oriented with odd indegree at
every vertex while remaining strongly, or $k$-arc, connected.
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3000063 (AMR-029-0063), 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: Parity constrained strongly connected orientations. Original source indexed by AMR-029-0063.
\url{https://oldlemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/List_of_open_problems}.
\item[S3] EGRES Open, Parity constrained strongly connected orientations. Individual source page and explanatory remarks.
\url{https://lemon.cs.elte.hu/egres/open/Parity_constrained_strongly_connected_orientations}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-029-0063

## 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-3000063
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)