English

A $(5,5)$-coloring of $K_n$ with few colors

Combinatorics 2017-02-22 v1

Abstract

For fixed integers pp and qq, let f(n,p,q)f(n,p,q) denote the minimum number of colors needed to color all of the edges of the complete graph KnK_n such that no clique of pp vertices spans fewer than qq distinct colors. Any edge-coloring with this property is known as a (p,q)(p,q)-coloring. We construct an explicit (5,5)(5,5)-coloring that shows that f(n,5,5)n1/3+o(1)f(n,5,5) \leq n^{1/3 + o(1)} as nn \rightarrow \infty. This improves upon the best known probabilistic upper bound of O(n1/2)O\left(n^{1/2}\right) given by Erd\H{o}s and Gy\'{a}rf\'{a}s, and comes close to matching the best known lower bound Ω(n1/3)\Omega\left(n^{1/3}\right).

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@article{arxiv.1702.06227,
  title  = {A $(5,5)$-coloring of $K_n$ with few colors},
  author = {Alex Cameron and Emily Heath},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06227},
  year   = {2017}
}

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20 pages, 4 figures