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Computation of small reflective and dihedral Ramsey numbers

Combinatorics 2026-07-07 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Throughout, all graphs are simple, finite and have vertex sets of the form {0,1,2,,n1}\{ 0, 1, 2, \ldots, n - 1 \} for some nNn \in \mathbb{N}. For graphs GG and HH, and a permutation group Γ\Gamma on the vertex set of HH, we say that HH is Γ\Gamma-embeddable in GG if there exists a graph homomorphism from HH to GG of the form ψφ\psi \circ \varphi, where φΓ\varphi \in \Gamma and ψ\psi is an increasing injection. Recently, standard and ordered Ramsey numbers of graphs were unified through the introduction of permutational Ramsey numbers, defined as follows. For graphs H1,H2,,HkH_1, H_2, \ldots, H_k and permutation groups Γ1,Γ2,,Γk\Gamma_1, \Gamma_2, \ldots, \Gamma_k on their respective vertex sets, the permutational Ramsey number R(H1Γ1,H2Γ2,,HkΓk)R(H_1^{\Gamma_1}, H_2^{\Gamma_2}, \ldots, H_k^{\Gamma_k}) is the minimum nNn \in \mathbb{N} such that for every kk-edge-coloring of a complete graph on nn vertices, there exists some j{1,2,,k}j \in \{1, 2, \ldots, k\} for which HjH_j is Γj\Gamma_j-embeddable in the spanning subgraph of the complete graph comprising the edges of color jj. Here, we consider reflective (resp. dihedral) Ramsey numbers, which are a specific class of permutational Ramsey numbers in which each group Γj\Gamma_j is the reflection group (resp. dihedral group) on the naturally ordered vertex set of HjH_j. Focusing on the two-color case, we apply the SAT-based approach originally proposed by Poljak for ordered Ramsey numbers and recently extended to cyclic Ramsey numbers. We utilize the Kissat SAT solver to obtain exact values and lower bounds for small reflective and dihedral Ramsey numbers whose two arguments belong to the following graph classes: monotone and alternating paths, monotone cycles, start-central stars, complete graphs and nested matchings. We also derive several general results and formulate conjectures based on the computational findings.

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@article{arxiv.2607.06817,
  title  = {Computation of small reflective and dihedral Ramsey numbers},
  author = {Ivan Damnjanović and Irena Đorđević},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.06817},
  year   = {2026}
}