Large Kr‐free subgraphs in Ks‐free graphs and some other Ramsey‐type problems

In this paper we present three Ramsey‐type results, which we derive from a simple and yet powerful lemma, proved using probabilistic arguments. Let 3 ≤ r < s be fixed integers and let G be a graph on n vertices not containing a complete graph K_s on s vertices. More than 40 years ago Erd?s and Rogers posed the problem of estimating the maximum size of a subset of G without a copy of the complete graph K_r. Our first result provides a new lower bound for this problem, which improves previous results of various researchers. It also allows us to solve some special cases of a closely related question posed by Erd?s. For two graphs G and H, the Ramsey number R(G, H) is the minimum integer N such that any red‐blue coloring of the edges of the complete graph K_N, contains either a red copy of G or a blue copy of H. The book with n pages is the graph B_n consisting of n triangles sharing one edge. Here we study the book‐complete graph Ramsey numbers and show that R(B_n, K_n) ≤ O(n³/log^3/2n), improving the bound of Li and Rousseau. Finally, motivated by a question of Erd?s, Hajnal, Simonovits, Sós, and Szemerédi, we obtain for all 0 < δ < 2/3 an estimate on the number of edges in a K₄‐free graph of order n which has no independent set of size n^1‐δ. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2005     

Planar Ramsey numbers for cycles

For two given graphs G and H the planar Ramsey number PR(G,H) is the smallest integer n such that every planar graph F on n vertices either contains a copy of G or its complement contains a copy H. By studying the existence of subhamiltonian cycles in complements of sparse graphs, we determine all planar Ramsey numbers for pairs of cycles.     

On upper domination Ramsey numbers for graphs

The classical Ramsey number r(m,n) can be defined as the smallest integer p such that in every two-coloring (R,B) of the edges of K_p, β(B)⩾m or β(R)⩾n, where β(G) denotes the independence number of a graph G. We define the upper domination Ramsey number u(m,n) as the smallest integer p such that in every two-coloring (R,B) of the edges of K_p, Γ(B)⩾m or Γ(R)⩾n, where Γ(G) is the maximum cardinality of a minimal dominating set of a graph G. The mixed domination Ramsey number v(m,n) is defined to be the smallest integer p such that in every two-coloring (R,B) of the edges of K_p, Γ(B)⩾m or β(R)⩾n. Since β(G)⩽Γ(G) for every graph G, u(m,n)⩽v(m,n)⩽r(m,n). We develop techniques to obtain upper bounds for upper domination Ramsey numbers of the form u(3,n) and mixed domination Ramsey numbers of the form v(3,n). We show that u(3,3)=v(3,3)=6, u(3,4)=8, v(3,4)=9, u(3,5)=v(3,5)=12 and u(3,6)=v(3,6)=15.     

Constrained Ramsey numbers for rainbow matching

The Ramsey number R_k(G) of a graph G is the minimum number N, such that any edge coloring of K_N with k colors contains a monochromatic copy of G. The constrained Ramsey number f(G, T) of the graphs G and T is the minimum number N, such that any edge coloring of K_N with any number of colors contains a monochromatic copy of G or a rainbow copy of T. We show that these two quantities are closely related when T is a matching. Namely, for almost all graphs G, f(G, tK₂) = R_{t ? 1}(G) for t≥2. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 67:91‐95, 2011     

The Ramsey numbers for disjoint unions of trees

For given graphs G and H, the Ramsey numberR(G,H) is the smallest natural number n such that for every graph F of order n: either F contains G or the complement of F contains H. In this paper, we investigate the Ramsey number R(∪G,H), where G is a tree and H is a wheel W_m or a complete graph K_m. We show that if n?3, then R(kS_n,W₄)=(k+1)n for k?2, even n and R(kS_n,W₄)=(k+1)n-1 for k?1 and odd n. We also show that .     

Edge-colorings avoiding rainbow and monochromatic subgraphs

For two graphs G and H, let the mixed anti-Ramsey numbers, maxR(n;G,H), (minR(n;G,H)) be the maximum (minimum) number of colors used in an edge-coloring of a complete graph with n vertices having no monochromatic subgraph isomorphic to G and no totally multicolored (rainbow) subgraph isomorphic to H. These two numbers generalize the classical anti-Ramsey and Ramsey numbers, respectively.We show that maxR(n;G,H), in most cases, can be expressed in terms of vertex arboricity of H and it does not depend on the graph G. In particular, we determine maxR(n;G,H) asymptotically for all graphs G and H, where G is not a star and H has vertex arboricity at least 3.In studying minR(n;G,H) we primarily concentrate on the case when G=H=K₃. We find minR(n;K₃,K₃) exactly, as well as all extremal colorings. Among others, by investigating minR(n;K_t,K₃), we show that if an edge-coloring of K_n in k colors has no monochromatic K_t and no rainbow triangle, then n?2^kt2.     

The Ramsey number for a cycle of length six versus a clique of order eight

For two given graphs G₁ and G₂, the Ramsey number R(G₁,G₂) is the smallest integer n such that for any graph G of order n, either G contains G₁ or the complement of G contains G₂. Let C_m denote a cycle of length m and K_n a complete graph of order n. In this paper, it is shown that R(C₆,K₈)=36.     

Bipartite rainbow numbers of matchings

Given two graphs G and H, let f(G,H) denote the maximum number c for which there is a way to color the edges of G with c colors such that every subgraph H of G has at least two edges of the same color. Equivalently, any edge-coloring of G with at least rb(G,H)=f(G,H)+1 colors contains a rainbow copy of H, where a rainbow subgraph of an edge-colored graph is such that no two edges of it have the same color. The number rb(G,H) is called the rainbow number ofHwith respect toG, and simply called the bipartite rainbow number ofH if G is the complete bipartite graph K_m,n. Erd?s, Simonovits and Sós showed that rb(K_n,K₃)=n. In 2004, Schiermeyer determined the rainbow numbers rb(K_n,K_k) for all n≥k≥4, and the rainbow numbers rb(K_n,kK₂) for all k≥2 and n≥3k+3. In this paper we will determine the rainbow numbers rb(K_m,n,kK₂) for all k≥1.     

The Ramsey numbers for disjoint unions of graphs

For given graphs G and H, the Ramsey number R(G,H) is the smallest natural number n such that for every graph F of order n: either F contains G or the complement of F contains H. In this paper we investigate the Ramsey number of a disjoint union of graphs . For any natural integer k, we contain a general upper bound, R(kG,H)?R(G,H)+(k-1)|V(G)|. We also show that if m=2n-4, 2n-8 or 2n-6, then R(kS_n,W_m)=R(S_n,W_m)+(k-1)n. Furthermore, if |G_i|>(|G_i|-|G_i+1|)(χ(H)-1) and R(G_i,H)=(χ(H)-1)(|G_i|-1)+1, for each i, then .     

On Ramsey Numbers for Trees Versus Wheels of Five or Six Vertices

 For given two graphs G dan H, the Ramsey number R(G,H) is the smallest positive integer n such that every graph F of order n must contain G or the complement of F must contain H. In [12], the Ramsey numbers for the combination between a star S _n and a wheel W _m for m=4,5 were shown, namely, R(S _n ,W ₄)=2n−1 for odd n and n≥3, otherwise R(S _n ,W ₄)=2n+1, and R(S _n ,W ₅)=3n−2 for n≥3. In this paper, we shall study the Ramsey number R(G,W _m ) for G any tree T _n . We show that if T _n is not a star then the Ramsey number R(T _n ,W ₄)=2n−1 for n≥4 and R(T _n ,W ₅)=3n−2 for n≥3. We also list some open problems. Received: October, 2001 Final version received: July 11, 2002 RID="*" ID="*" This work was supported by the QUE Project, Department of Mathematics ITB Indonesia Acknowledgments. We would like to thank the referees for several helpful comments.     

Ramsey numbers for local colorings

The concept of a localk-coloring of a graphG is introduced and the corresponding localk-Ramsey numberr _loc ^k (G) is considered. A localk-coloring ofG is a coloring of its edges in such a way that the edges incident to any vertex ofG are colored with at mostk colors. The numberr _loc ^k (G) is the minimumm for whichK _m contains a monochromatic copy ofG for every localk-coloring ofK _m . The numberr _loc ^k (G) is a natural generalization of the usual Ramsey numberr ^k (G) defined for usualk-colorings. The results reflect the relationship betweenr ^k (G) andr _loc ^k (G) for certain classes of graphs.This research was done while under an IREX grant.     

The characterization of zero-sum (mod 2) bipartite Ramsey numbers

Let G be a bipartite graph, with k|e(G). The zero-sum bipartite Ramsey number B(G, Z_k) is the smallest integer t such that in every Z_k-coloring of the edges of K_t,t, there is a zero-sum mod k copy of G in K_t,t. In this article we give the first proof that determines B(G, Z₂) for all possible bipartite graphs G. In fact, we prove a much more general result from which B(G, Z₂) can be deduced: Let G be a (not necessarily connected) bipartite graph, which can be embedded in K_n,n, and let F be a field. A function f : E(K_n,n) → F is called G-stable if every copy of G in K_n,n has the same weight (the weight of a copy is the sum of the values of f on its edges). The set of all G-stable functions, denoted by U(G, K_n,n, F) is a linear space, which is called the K_n,n uniformity space of G over F. We determine U(G, K_n,n, F) and its dimension, for all G, n and F. Utilizing this result in the case F = Z₂, we can compute B(G, Z₂), for all bipartite graphs G. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Graph Theory 29: 151–166, 1998     

Generalised Ramsey numbers for small graphs

The generalised Ramsey number R(G₁, G₂,..., G_k) is defined as the smallest integer n such that, if the edges of K_n, the complete graph on n vertices, are coloured using k colours C₁, C₂,..., C_k, then for some i(1≤i≤k) there is a subgraph G_i of K_n with all of its edges colour C_i. When G₁=G₂=...,G_k=G, we use the more compact notation R_k(G).The generalised Ramsey numbers R_k(G) are investigated for all graphs G having at most four vertices (and no isolates). This extends the work of Chvátal and Harary, who made this investigation in the case k=2.     

Some tree-star Ramsey Numbers

The Ramsey Number r(G₁, G₂) is the least integer N such that for every graph G with N vertices, either G has the graph G₁ as a subgraph or $\text{G}$, the complement of G, has the graph G₂ as a subgraph.In this paper we embed the paths P_m in a much larger class $\text{T}$ of trees and then show how some evaluations by T. D. Parsons of Ramsey numbers r(P_m, K_1,n), where K_1,n is the star of degree n, are also valid for r(T_m, K_1,n) where T_m ∈ $\text{T}$.     

The size Ramsey number of trees with bounded degree

The size Ramsey number r?(G, H) of graphs G and H is the smallest integer r? such that there is a graph F with r? edges and if the edge set of F is red-blue colored, there exists either a red copy of G or a blue copy of H in F. This article shows that r?(T_nd, T_nd) ? c · d² · n and c · n³ ? r?(K_n, T_nd) ? c(d)·n³ log n for every tree T_nd on n vertices. and maximal degree at most d and a complete graph K_n on n vertices. A generalization will be given. Probabilistic method is used throught this paper. © 1993 John Wiley Sons, Inc.     

The Ramsey number of paths with respect to wheels

For graphs G and H, the Ramsey numberR(G,H) is the smallest positive integer n such that every graph F of order n contains G or the complement of F contains H. For the path P_n and the wheel W_m, it is proved that R(P_n,W_m)=2n-1 if m is even, m?4, and n?(m/2)(m-2), and R(P_n,W_m)=3n-2 if m is odd, m?5, and n?(m-1/2)(m-3).     

A Degree Sequence Variant of Graph Ramsey Numbers

A (finite) sequence of nonnegative integers is graphic if it is the degree sequence of some simple graph G. Given graphs G ₁ and G ₂, we consider the smallest integer k such that for every k-term graphic sequence π, there is some graph G with degree sequence π with \({G_1 \subseteq G}\) or with \({G_2 \subseteq \overline{G}}\) . When the phrase “some graph” in the prior sentence is replaced with “all graphs”, the smallest such integer k is the classical Ramsey number r(G ₁, G ₂). Thus we call this parameter for degree sequences the potential-Ramsey number and denote it r _pot (G ₁, G ₂). In this paper, we give exact values for r _pot (K _n , K _t ), r _pot (C _n , K _t ), and r _pot (P _n ,K _t ) and consider situations where r _pot (G ₁,G ₂) =  r(G ₁,G ₂).     

Edge-deletable IM-extendable graphs with minimum number of edges

A graph G is induced matching extendable, shortly IM-extendable, if every induced matching of G is included in a perfect matching of G. For a nonnegative integer k, a graph G is called a k-edge-deletable IM-extendable graph, if, for every F⊆E(G) with |F|=k, G−F is IM-extendable. In this paper, we characterize the k-edge-deletable IM-extendable graphs with minimum number of edges. We show that, for a positive integer k, if G is ak-edge-deletable IM-extendable graph on 2n vertices, then |E(G)|≥(k+2)n; furthermore, the equality holds if and only if either G≅K_k+2,k+2, or k=4r−2 for some integer r≥3 and G≅C₅[N_2r], where N_2r is the empty graph on 2r vertices and C₅[N_2r] is the graph obtained from C₅ by replacing each vertex with a graph isomorphic to N_2r.     

On two problems in graph Ramsey theory

We study two classical problems in graph Ramsey theory, that of determining the Ramsey number of bounded-degree graphs and that of estimating the induced Ramsey number for a graph with a given number of vertices. The Ramsey number r(H) of a graph H is the least positive integer N such that every two-coloring of the edges of the complete graph K _N contains a monochromatic copy of H. A famous result of Chváatal, Rödl, Szemerédi and Trotter states that there exists a constant c(Δ) such that r(H) ≤ c(Δ)n for every graph H with n vertices and maximum degree Δ. The important open question is to determine the constant c(Δ). The best results, both due to Graham, Rödl and Ruciński, state that there are positive constants c and c′ such that $2^{c'\Delta } \leqslant c(\Delta ) \leqslant ^{c\Delta \log ^2 \Delta }$ . We improve this upper bound, showing that there is a constant c for which c(Δ) ≤ 2 ^cΔlogΔ . The induced Ramsey number r _ind (H) of a graph H is the least positive integer N for which there exists a graph G on N vertices such that every two-coloring of the edges of G contains an induced monochromatic copy of H. Erd?s conjectured the existence of a constant c such that, for any graph H on n vertices, r _ind (H) ≤ 2 ^cnlogn . We move a step closer to proving this conjecture, showing that r _ind (H) ≤ 2 ^cnlogn . This improves upon an earlier result of Kohayakawa, Prömel and Rödl by a factor of logn in the exponent.     

Induced Ramsey Numbers

   We investigate the induced Ramsey number of pairs of graphs (G, H). This number is defined to be the smallest possible order of a graph Γ with the property that, whenever its edges are coloured red and blue, either a red induced copy of G arises or else a blue induced copy of H arises. We show that, for any G and H with , we have