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On the Divisibility of Homogeneous Directed Graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

M. El-Zahar
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
N. W. Sauer
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
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Abstract

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Let be a finite set of finite tournaments. We will give a necessary and sufficient condition for the -free homogeneous directed graph to be divisible. That is, that there is a partition of into two classes such that neither of them contains an isomorphic copy of .

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1993

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