Two-path convexity in clone-free regular multipartite tournaments

نویسندگان

  • Darren B. Parker
  • Randy F. Westhoff
  • Marty J. Wolf
چکیده

We present some results on two-path convexity in clone-free regular multipartite tournaments. After proving a structural result for regular multipartite tournaments with convexly independent sets of a given size, we determine tight upper bounds for their size (called the rank) in clone-free regular bipartite and tripartite tournaments. We use this to determine tight upper bounds for the Helly and Radon number in the bipartite case. We also derive an upper bound for the rank of a general clone-free regular multipartite tournament.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Australasian J. Combinatorics

دوره 36  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006