Tournaments and the Erdös-Hajnal Conjecture
Abstract: The celebrated Erd\"{o}s-Hajnal conjecture states that for every undirected graph $H$ there exists $ \epsilon(H) > 0 $ such that every undirected graph on $ n $ vertices that does not contain $H$ as an induced subgraph contains a clique or a stable set of size at least $ n{\epsilon(H)} $. This conjecture has a directed equivalent version stating that for every tournament $H$ there exists $ \epsilon(H) > 0 $ such that every $H$-free $n$-vertex tournament $T$ contains a transitive subtournament of order at least $ n{\epsilon(H)} $. This conjecture is proved for few infinite families of tournaments. In this paper we construct a new infinite family of tournaments $-$ the family of so-called flotilla-galaxies and we prove the correctness of the conjecture for every flotilla-galaxy tournament.
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