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arxiv: 1905.01750 · v1 · pith:PPP2BOD2new · submitted 2019-05-05 · 🧮 math.DS · math.CO

Generalized Intransitive Dice II: Partition Constructions

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A generalized $N$-sided die is a random variable $D$ on a sample space of $N$ equally likely outcomes taking values in the set of positive integers. We say of independent $N$ sided dice $D_i, D_j$ that $D_i$ beats $D_j$, written $D_i \to D_j$, if $Prob(D_i > D_j) > \frac{1}{2} $. A collection of dice $\{ D_i : i = 1, \dots, n \}$ models a tournament on the set $[n] = \{ 1, 2, \dots, n \}$, i.e. a complete digraph with $n$ vertices, when $D_i \to D_j$ if and only if $i \to j$ in the tournament. By using $n$-fold partitions of the set $[Nn] $ with each set of size $N$ we can model an arbitrary tournament on $[n]$. A bound on the required size of $N$ is obtained by examples with $N = 3^{n-2}$.

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