English

A Reduced Upper Bound for an Edge-coloring Problem from Relation Algebra

Combinatorics 2015-04-29 v1 Logic Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We construct an edge-coloring of KNK_{N} (for N=3432N = 3432) in colors red, dark blue, and light blue, such that there are no monochromatic blue triangles and such that the coloring satisfies a certain strong universal-existential property. The edge-coloring of KNK_{N} depends on a cyclic coloring of K17K_{17} whose two color classes are K4K_{4}-, K4,3K_{4,3}-, and K5,2K_{5,2}-free. This construction yields the smallest known representation of the relation algebra 326532_{65}, reducing the upper bound from 8192 to 3432.

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@article{arxiv.1504.07290,
  title  = {A Reduced Upper Bound for an Edge-coloring Problem from Relation Algebra},
  author = {Jeremy F. Alm and David A. Andrews},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.07290},
  year   = {2015}
}
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