A tournament with n players/teams is an orientation of the complete graph Kn. The graph models wins and losses in a round robin competition. Every player/team plays one game against each of the others, and the edge between vertex a and vertex b is directed from a to b if b defeats a. Assume no ties are allowed.
(a) Does every tournament have a sink? (A champion who defeats all the others?)
(b) Orient K5so every player/team wins 2 games and loses 2 games.
(c) Can K6be oriented so every player/team wins the same number of games?
(d) Prove that if a has more wins than losses, then there must be a b who has more losses than wins.
(e) Prove that every tournament contains a directed Hamilton Path.
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