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All Ramsey $(C_n,K_6)$ critical graphs for large $n$

Combinatorics 2020-09-16 v3

Abstract

Let GG and HH be finite graphs. If for any two-coloring of the edges of a complete graph KnK_n, there is a copy of GG in the first color, red, or a copy of HH in the second color, blue, we will say Kn(G,H)K_n\rightarrow (G,H). The Ramsey number r(G,H)r(G, H) is defined as the smallest positive integer nn such that Kn(G,H)K_{n} \rightarrow (G, H). A two-coloring of Kr(G,H)1K_{r(G, H)-1} such that Kr(G,H)1↛(G,H)K_{r(G, H)-1} \not \rightarrow (G,H) is called a critical coloring. A Ramsey critical r(G,H)r(G, H) graph is a graph induced by the first color of a critical coloring. In this paper, when n15n \geq 15, we show that there exist exactly sixty eight non-isomorphic Ramsey critical r(Cn,K6)r(C_n, K_6) graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1902.02646,
  title  = {All Ramsey $(C_n,K_6)$ critical graphs for large $n$},
  author = {Chula J. Jayawardene and W. Chandanie W. Navaratna and J. N. Senadheera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.02646},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 4 figures