Highly linked tournaments with large minimum out-degree

Abstract

We prove that there exists a function $f:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that for any positive integer $k$, if $T$ is a strongly $4k$-connected tournament with minimum out-degree at least $f(k)$, then $T$ is $k$-linked. This makes progress towards resolving a conjecture of Pokrovskiy. Along the way, we show that a tournament with sufficiently large minimum out-degree contains a subdivision of a complete directed graph. This result may be of independent interest.