Chromatic thresholds for pairs of graphs
Combinatorics
2026-05-12 v1
Abstract
The chromatic threshold of a graph is the minimum-degree density above which every -free graph has bounded chromatic number. We study a two-color Ramsey analogue: for graphs and , we ask for the minimum-degree density above which every graph that admits a red-blue edge-coloring with no red copy of and no blue copy of has bounded chromatic number. We give a complete answer when both and are 3-chromatic. The threshold takes exactly one of the five values and we characterize precisely which pairs give each value. The classification is determined by the ordinary chromatic thresholds of and and by their embeddability into a hierarchy of -type Ramsey configurations.
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@article{arxiv.2605.10897,
title = {Chromatic thresholds for pairs of graphs},
author = {Jun Gao and Hong Liu and Zhuo Wu and Yisai Xue},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.10897},
year = {2026}
}
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25 pages, 14 figures