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arxiv: 1812.05167 · v1 · pith:AYTYBPKCnew · submitted 2018-12-12 · 💻 cs.DM · math.CO

On the unavoidability of oriented trees

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keywords fracunavoidableeveryorderleavesorientedprovetree
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A digraph is {\it $n$-unavoidable} if it is contained in every tournament of order $n$. We first prove that every arborescence of order $n$ with $k$ leaves is $(n+k-1)$-unavoidable. We then prove that every oriented tree of order $n$ ($n\geq 2$) with $k$ leaves is $(\frac{3}{2}n+\frac{3}{2}k -2)$-unavoidable and $(\frac{9}{2}n -\frac{5}{2}k -\frac{9}{2})$-unavoidable, and thus $(\frac{21}{8} n- \frac{47}{16})$-unavoidable. Finally, we prove that every oriented tree of order $n$ with $k$ leaves is $(n+ 144k^2 - 280k + 124)$-unavoidable.

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