Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8903211 | Discrete Mathematics | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Given a tournament T, a module of T is a subset X of V(T) such that for x,yâX and vâV(T)âX, (x,v)âA(T) if and only if (y,v)âA(T). The trivial modules of T are â
, {u}(uâV(T)) and V(T). The tournament T is indecomposable if all its modules are trivial; otherwise it is decomposable. The decomposability index of T, denoted by δ(T), is the smallest number of arcs of T that must be reversed to make T indecomposable. For nâ¥5, let δ(n) be the maximum of δ(T) over the tournaments T with n vertices. We prove that n+14â¤Î´(n)â¤nâ13 and that the lower bound is reached by the transitive tournaments.
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Authors
Houmem Belkhechine,