An Ore-type Theorem for Oriented Discrepancy of Hamilton Cycles
Oriented graph discrepancy problems focus on finding specific subgraphs within a given oriented graph $G$ that contain a significant number of edges in one direction. Gishboliner, Krivelevich, and Michaeli initiated the study of oriented discrepancy for Hamilton cycles, and Freschi and Lo subsequently proved a sharp minimum-degree theorem and asked for an Ore-type analogue. For an oriented graph $G$ on $n$ vertices, define $σ_2(G):=\min\{d_G(x)+d_G(y):x\neq y,\ xy,yx\notin E(G)\},$ with $σ_2(G):=2(n-1)$ when $G$ is a tournament. Given a cycle $C$ in an oriented graph, let $σ_{\max}(C)$ denote the maximum number of edges oriented consistently with one of the two traversal directions of $C$. We prove that for every $γ>0$ there exists $n_0$ such that every oriented graph $G$ on $n\geq n_0$ vertices with $σ_2(G)\geq n$ contains a Hamilton cycle $C$ satisfying $$ σ_{\max}(C)\geq\max\left\{\frac n2,\frac{σ_2(G)}2-γn\right\}. $$ This partially answers a question of Freschi and Lo and gives an asymptotic affirmative answer to a conjecture of Ai et al. The bound is asymptotically best possible.