OCR FD1 AS 2018 March — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFD1 AS (Further Decision 1 AS)
Year2018
SessionMarch
TopicGraph Theory Fundamentals

5
  1. How many arcs does the complete bipartite graph \(K _ { 5,5 }\) have? A subgraph of \(K _ { 5,5 }\) contains 5 arcs joining each of the elements of the set \(\{ 1,2,3,4,5 \}\) to an element in a permutation of the set \(\{ 1,2,3,4,5 \}\). Suppose that \(r\) is connected to \(p ( r )\) for \(r = 1,2,3,4,5\).
  2. How many permutations would have \(p ( 1 ) \neq 1\) ?
  3. Using the pigeonhole principle, show that for every permutation of \(\{ 1,2,3,4,5 \}\), the product \(\Pi _ { r = 1 } ^ { 5 } ( r - p ( r ) )\) is even (i.e. an integer multiple of 2, including 0 ).
  4. Is the result in part (iii) true when the permutation is of the set \(\{ 1,2,3,4,5,6 \}\) ? Give a reason for your answer.