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Every $(13k-6)$-strong tournament with minimum out-degree at least $28k-13$ is $k$-linked

Combinatorics 2021-08-06 v1

Abstract

A digraph DD is kk-linked if it satisfies that for every choice of disjoint sets {x1,,xk}\{x_1,\ldots{},x_k\} and {y1,,yk}\{y_1,\ldots{},y_k\} of vertices of DD there are vertex disjoint paths P1,,PkP_1,\ldots{},P_k such that PiP_i is an (xi,yi)(x_i,y_i)-path. Confirming a conjecture by K\"uhn et al, Pokrovskiy proved in 2015 that every 452k452k-strong tournament is kk-linked and asked for a better linear bound. Very recently Meng et al proved that every (40k31)(40k-31)-strong tournament is kk-linked. In this note we use an important lemma from their paper to give a short proof that every (13k6)(13k-6)-strong tournament of minimum out-degree at least 28k1328k-13 is kk-linked.

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@article{arxiv.2108.02639,
  title  = {Every $(13k-6)$-strong tournament with minimum out-degree at least $28k-13$ is $k$-linked},
  author = {Jørgen Bang-Jensen and Kasper Skov Johansen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.02639},
  year   = {2021}
}