Proof :
We let < be a randomly chosen linear order on V and define [eqn] I_< = \{ v \in V \,:\, (v,w) \in E \Rightarrow v<w\} [\eqn], let [eqn]X_v[\eqn] be indicator random variable for [eqn] v \in I_<[\eqn] and [eqn] X = \sum_v X_v = |I_<|[\eqn]
Now as [eqn] v \in I_< [\eqn] only if it is the smallest element in it's neighbourhood we have
and so there must exist a specific ordering < with [eqn] |I_<| \geq sum_v \frac{1}{d_v+1}[\eqn]
But we notice that if an edge [eqn] (v,w) \in G|_{I_<} [\eqn] then [eqn] v<w[\eqn] and [eqn] w<v [\eqn], a contradiction, so [eqn] I_< [\eqn] is independent. Hence