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A sharp threshold for random graphs with a monochromatic triangle in every edge coloring

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let R\R be the set of all finite graphs GG with the Ramsey property that every coloring of the edges of GG by two colors yields a monochromatic triangle. In this paper we establish a sharp threshold for random graphs with this property. Let G(n,p)G(n,p) be the random graph on nn vertices with edge probability pp. We prove that there exists a function c^=c^(n)\hat c=\hat c(n) with 0<c<c^<C0<c<\hat c<C such that for any \eps>0\eps > 0, as nn tends to infinity Pr[G(n,(1\eps)c^/n)R]0Pr[G(n,(1-\eps)\hat c/\sqrt{n}) \in \R ] \to 0 and Pr[G(n,(1+\eps)c^/n)R]1.Pr [ G(n,(1+\eps)\hat c/\sqrt{n}) \in \R ] \to 1. A crucial tool that is used in the proof and is of independent interest is a generalization of Szemer\'edi's Regularity Lemma to a certain hypergraph setting.

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@article{arxiv.math/0301200,
  title  = {A sharp threshold for random graphs with a monochromatic triangle in every edge coloring},
  author = {Ehud Friedgut and Vojtech Rodl and Andrzej Rucinski and Prasad Tetali},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0301200},
  year   = {2007}
}

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101 pages, Final version - to appear in Memoirs of the A.M.S