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Degree Ramsey numbers for even cycles

Combinatorics 2016-10-04 v1

Abstract

Let HsGH\xrightarrow{s} G denote that any ss-coloring of E(H)E(H) contains a monochromatic GG. The degree Ramsey number of a graph GG, denoted by RΔ(G,s)R_\Delta(G, s), is min{Δ(H):HsG}\min \{\Delta(H): H \xrightarrow{s} G \}. We consider degree Ramsey numbers where GG is a fixed even cycle. Kinnersley, Milans, and West showed that RΔ(C2k,s)2sR_\Delta(C_{2k},s) \geq 2s, and Kang and Perarnau showed that RΔ(C4,s)=Θ(s2)R_\Delta(C_4, s) = \Theta(s^2). Our main result is that RΔ(C6,s)=Θ(s3/2)R_\Delta(C_6, s) = \Theta(s^{3/2}) and RΔ(C10,s)=Θ(s5/4)R_\Delta(C_{10}, s) = \Theta(s^{5/4}). Additionally, we substantially improve the lower bound for RΔ(C2k,s)R_\Delta(C_{2k}, s) for general kk.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00372,
  title  = {Degree Ramsey numbers for even cycles},
  author = {Michael Tait},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00372},
  year   = {2016}
}
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