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The number of linear extensions of bipartite graphs

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The number of linear extensions among the orientations of a bipartite graph is maximum just if the orientation itself is bipartite, the natural one.

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Stachowiak, G. The number of linear extensions of bipartite graphs. Order 5, 257–259 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354893

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