A step forwards on the Erd\H{o}s-S\'os problem concerning the Ramsey numbers $R(3,k)$
Combinatorics
2015-07-07 v1
Abstract
Let , where is the Ramsey number of graphs and defined as the smallest such that any edge coloring of with two colors contains in the first color or in the second color. In 1980, Erd\H{o}s and S\'{o}s posed some questions about the growth of . The best known concrete bounds on are , and they have not improved since the stating of the problem. In this paper we present some constructions, which imply in particular that . This does not improve the lower bound of 3 on , but we still consider it a step towards to understanding its growth. We discuss some related questions and state two conjectures involving , including the following: for some constant and all it holds that . We also prove that if the latter is true, then .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1507.01133,
title = {A step forwards on the Erd\H{o}s-S\'os problem concerning the Ramsey numbers $R(3,k)$},
author = {Rujie Zhu and Xiaodong Xu and Stanisław Radziszowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01133},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages