TY - JOUR ID - Rosiak2004 LB - Rosiak2004 AU - Rosiak, Jolanta TI - The minimum exponent of the primitive digraphs on the given number of arcs ST - The minimum exponent of the primitive digraphs on the given number of arcs JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2004 VL - 24 IS - 2 SP - 197 EP - 202 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2004.24.2.197 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2004.24.2.197 AB - Primitive digraphs on \(n\) vertices, \(k\) arcs and girth \(s\) are considered. By \(a(n,k,s)\) we mean the minimum exponent taken over all such digraphs. We estimate the number \(a(n,k,s)\) using the Frobenius number for special values of \(k\) and \(s\). KW - primitive directed graph KW - exponent KW - Frobenius number SN - 1232-9274 ER -