diff --git a/doc/oper.xml b/doc/oper.xml
index daa733164..cf9221328 100644
--- a/doc/oper.xml
+++ b/doc/oper.xml
@@ -2133,9 +2133,38 @@ true
<#/GAPDoc>
+<#GAPDoc Label="IsKParadoxicalTournament">
+
+
+ true or false.
+
+ A tournament D is k-paradoxical if for every set
+ S of k vertices there is a vertex outside S which
+ is an in-neighbour of every vertex in S, i.e. there is one player
+ who beats all the players of S. This is a generalisation of
+ .
+
+ If D has no vertices, then the answer is false. If D
+ has at least one vertex and k is 0 then the answer is
+ true.
+
+ If k is negative or D is not a tournament (see
+ ), then an error is raised.
+ D := Digraph([[2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 6], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 1],
+> [6, 7, 2], [7, 1, 3], [1, 2, 4]]);;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(D, 2);
+true
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(D, 3);
+false]]>
+
+
+<#/GAPDoc>
+
<#GAPDoc Label="DigraphDijkstra">
-
+
Two lists.
diff --git a/doc/prop.xml b/doc/prop.xml
index 8a7b39790..5c293f4a3 100644
--- a/doc/prop.xml
+++ b/doc/prop.xml
@@ -451,6 +451,35 @@ false
<#/GAPDoc>
+<#GAPDoc Label="IsParadoxicalTournament">
+
+
+ true or false.
+
+ A tournament D is paradoxical if every vertex has at least
+ one in-neighbour, i.e. each player loses at least one game. This is the
+ same as being 1-paradoxical; see
+ .
+
+ If D has no vertices, then the answer is false.
+
+ If D is not a tournament (see ), then an
+ error is raised.
+
+
+ &MUTABLE_RECOMPUTED_PROP;
+
+ D := Digraph([[2], [3], [1]]);;
+gap> IsParadoxicalTournament(D);
+true
+gap> D := Digraph([[2, 3], [3], []]);;
+gap> IsParadoxicalTournament(D);
+false]]>
+
+
+<#/GAPDoc>
+
<#GAPDoc Label="IsChainDigraph">
diff --git a/doc/z-chap4.xml b/doc/z-chap4.xml
index 059e10eea..dcfdebb06 100644
--- a/doc/z-chap4.xml
+++ b/doc/z-chap4.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
<#Include Label="DigraphOutEdges">
<#Include Label="IsDigraphEdge">
<#Include Label="IsMatching">
+ <#Include Label="IsKParadoxicalTournament">
<#Include Label="DigraphMaximalMatching">
<#Include Label="DigraphMaximumMatching">
diff --git a/doc/z-chap5.xml b/doc/z-chap5.xml
index 491deb4c8..f1da97657 100644
--- a/doc/z-chap5.xml
+++ b/doc/z-chap5.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
<#Include Label="IsReflexiveDigraph">
<#Include Label="IsSymmetricDigraph">
<#Include Label="IsTournament">
+ <#Include Label="IsParadoxicalTournament">
<#Include Label="IsTransitiveDigraph">
diff --git a/gap/oper.gd b/gap/oper.gd
index 4766b3496..da757c6cc 100644
--- a/gap/oper.gd
+++ b/gap/oper.gd
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ DeclareOperation("IsPerfectMatching", [IsDigraph, IsHomogeneousList]);
DeclareOperation("IsDigraphPath",
[IsDigraph, IsHomogeneousList, IsHomogeneousList]);
DeclareOperation("IsDigraphPath", [IsDigraph, IsList]);
+DeclareOperation("IsKParadoxicalTournament", [IsDigraph, IsInt]);
# 9. Connectivity . . .
DeclareOperation("DigraphIsKing", [IsDigraph, IsPosInt, IsPosInt]);
diff --git a/gap/oper.gi b/gap/oper.gi
index bdc462bee..4a072885a 100644
--- a/gap/oper.gi
+++ b/gap/oper.gi
@@ -1596,6 +1596,60 @@ function(D, edges)
return true;
end);
+InstallMethod(IsKParadoxicalTournament, "for a tournament and an integer",
+[IsDigraph, IsInt],
+function(D, k)
+ local n, inn_blist, backtrack;
+
+ if not IsTournament(D) then
+ ErrorNoReturn("the 1st argument must be a tournament,");
+ fi;
+
+ if k < 0 then
+ ErrorNoReturn("the 2nd argument must be non-negative,");
+ fi;
+
+ n := DigraphNrVertices(D);
+
+ if n = 0 then
+ return false;
+ fi;
+
+ if k = 0 then
+ return true;
+ fi;
+
+ if k = 1 then
+ return IsParadoxicalTournament(D);
+ fi;
+
+ # this minimum number of vertices needed for k-paradox is given by
+ # Szekeres, E.; Szekeres, G. (1965), "On a problem of Schütte and Erdős"
+ if n < (k + 2) * (2 ^ (k - 1)) - 1 then
+ return false;
+ fi;
+
+ inn_blist := List(InNeighbours(D), inn -> BlistList([1 .. n], inn));
+
+ backtrack := function(prev, depth, common)
+ local vertex, ncommon;
+ for vertex in [prev + 1 .. n - k + depth + 1] do
+ ncommon := IntersectionBlist(common, inn_blist[vertex]);
+ if SizeBlist(ncommon) = 0 then
+ return false;
+ fi;
+ if depth + 1 < k then
+ if not backtrack(vertex, depth + 1, ncommon) then
+ return false;
+ fi;
+ fi;
+ od;
+ return true;
+ end;
+
+ return backtrack(0, 0, BlistList([1 .. n], [1 .. n]));
+end);
+
#############################################################################
# 9. Connectivity
#############################################################################
diff --git a/gap/prop.gd b/gap/prop.gd
index 808d67dc7..c015a03e9 100644
--- a/gap/prop.gd
+++ b/gap/prop.gd
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ DeclareProperty("IsCompleteBipartiteDigraph", IsDigraph);
DeclareProperty("IsCompleteMultipartiteDigraph", IsDigraph);
DeclareProperty("IsCompleteDigraph", IsDigraph);
DeclareProperty("IsTournament", IsDigraph);
+DeclareProperty("IsParadoxicalTournament", IsDigraph);
DeclareProperty("IsChainDigraph", IsDigraph);
DeclareProperty("IsCycleDigraph", IsDigraph);
DeclareProperty("IsDigraphCore", IsDigraph);
diff --git a/gap/prop.gi b/gap/prop.gi
index 0c564ef17..84bdde087 100644
--- a/gap/prop.gi
+++ b/gap/prop.gi
@@ -339,6 +339,20 @@ function(D)
return IsAntisymmetricDigraph(D);
end);
+InstallMethod(IsParadoxicalTournament, "for a tournament",
+[IsDigraph],
+function(D)
+ if not IsTournament(D) then
+ ErrorNoReturn("the argument must be a tournament,");
+ fi;
+
+ if DigraphNrVertices(D) = 0 then
+ return false;
+ else
+ return not ForAny(InNeighbours(D), IsEmpty);
+ fi;
+end);
+
InstallMethod(IsEmptyDigraph, "for a digraph with known number of edges",
[IsDigraph and HasDigraphNrEdges],
D -> DigraphNrEdges(D) = 0);
diff --git a/tst/standard/oper.tst b/tst/standard/oper.tst
index 585f10a99..afb3b31b0 100644
--- a/tst/standard/oper.tst
+++ b/tst/standard/oper.tst
@@ -41,6 +41,36 @@ gap> gr := Digraph([[], [3, 4], [1, 4], [1]]);
gap> DigraphIsKing(gr, 2, 2);
Error, the 1st argument must be a tournament,
+# IsKParadoxicalTournament: for a tournament and a non-negative integer
+gap> gr := Digraph([[2], [1]]);;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, 1);
+Error, the 1st argument must be a tournament,
+gap> gr := EmptyDigraph(0);;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, 0);
+false
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, 1);
+false
+gap> gr := Digraph([[]]);;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, 0);
+true
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, -1);
+Error, the 2nd argument must be non-negative,
+gap> gr := Digraph([[2], [3], [1]]);;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, 1);
+true
+gap> gr := Digraph([[2, 4, 7], [4, 5, 7], [1, 2, 4, 6, 7],
+> [], [1, 3, 4, 6, 7], [1, 2, 4, 7], [4]]);;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr, 2);
+false
+gap> gr := p -> Digraph(
+> List([0 .. p - 1],
+> x -> List(Set(List([1 .. (p - 1) / 2], i -> i ^ 2 mod p)),
+> s -> (x + s) mod p + 1)));;
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr(19), 3);
+true
+gap> IsKParadoxicalTournament(gr(19), 4);
+false
+
# DigraphRemoveLoops
gap> gr := DigraphFromDigraph6String("&EhxPC?@");
diff --git a/tst/standard/prop.tst b/tst/standard/prop.tst
index 623ff6713..5384a77cb 100644
--- a/tst/standard/prop.tst
+++ b/tst/standard/prop.tst
@@ -416,6 +416,24 @@ gap> gr := Digraph([[2], [1], [1]]);
gap> IsTournament(gr);
false
+# IsParadoxical
+gap> gr := Digraph([[2], [1]]);;
+gap> IsParadoxicalTournament(gr);
+Error, the argument must be a tournament,
+gap> gr := EmptyDigraph(0);;
+gap> IsParadoxicalTournament(gr);
+false
+gap> gr := Digraph([[2, 3], [3], []]);;
+gap> IsTournament(gr);
+true
+gap> IsParadoxicalTournament(gr);
+false
+gap> gr := Digraph([[2], [3], [1]]);;
+gap> IsTournament(gr);
+true
+gap> IsParadoxicalTournament(gr);
+true
+
# IsStronglyConnectedDigraph
gap> gr := Digraph([]);