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Counting orientations of graphs with no strongly connected tournaments

Combinatorics 2021-02-01 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let Sk(n)S_k(n) be the maximum number of orientations of an nn-vertex graph GG in which no copy of KkK_k is strongly connected. For all integers nn, k4k\geq 4 where n5n\geq 5 or k5k\geq 5, we prove that Sk(n)=2tk1(n)S_k(n) = 2^{t_{k-1}(n)}, where tk1(n)t_{k-1}(n) is the number of edges of the nn-vertex (k1)(k-1)-partite Tur\'an graph Tk1(n)T_{k-1}(n), and that Tk1(n)T_{k-1}(n) is the only nn-vertex graph with this number of orientations. Furthermore, S4(4)=40S_4(4) = 40 and this maximality is achieved only by K4K_4.

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@article{arxiv.2101.12327,
  title  = {Counting orientations of graphs with no strongly connected tournaments},
  author = {Fábio Botler and Carlos Hoppen and Guilherme Oliveira Mota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.12327},
  year   = {2021}
}