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In a certain kind of tournament, every player plays every other player exactly once and...

In a certain kind of tournament, every player plays every other player exactly once and either wins or loses. There are no ties. Define a top player to be a player who, for every other player x, either beats x or beats a player y who beats x.

(a) Show that there can be more than one top player.

(b) Use the PMI to show that every n-player tournament has a top player.

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