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A Ramsey theorem for biased graphs

Combinatorics 2018-03-28 v1

Abstract

A biased graphbiased\ graph is a pair (G,B)(G,\mathcal{B}), where GG is a graph and B\mathcal{B} is a collection of `balanced' circuits of GG such that no Θ\Theta-subgraph of GG contains precisely two balanced circuits. We prove a Ramsey-type theorem, showing that if (G,B)(G,\mathcal{B}) is a biased graph which GG is a very large complete graph, then GG contains a large complete subgraph HH such that the set of balanced cycles within HH has one of three specific, highly symmetric structures, all of which can be described naturally via group-labellings.

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@article{arxiv.1803.10160,
  title  = {A Ramsey theorem for biased graphs},
  author = {Peter Nelson and Sophia Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.10160},
  year   = {2018}
}
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