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Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal problems for posets

Combinatorics 2025-04-01 v2

Abstract

We say that a poset (Q,Q)(Q,\le_{Q}) contains an induced copy of a poset (P,P)(P,\le_P) if there is an injective function ϕ ⁣:PQ\phi\colon P\to Q such that for every two X,YPX,Y\in P,\;\;XPYX\le_P Y if and only if ϕ(X)Qϕ(Y)\phi(X)\le_Q \phi(Y). We denote the Boolean lattice (2[n],)(2^{[n]},\subseteq) by QnQ_n. Given a fixed 22-coloring cc of a poset PP, the poset Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal number of this colored poset is the smallest integer NN such that every 22-coloring of the Boolean lattice QNQ_N contains an induced copy of PP colored as in cc, or a monochromatic induced copy of QnQ_n. We present bounds on the poset Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal number of general colored posets, antichains, chains, and small Boolean lattices. Let the poset Ramsey number R(Qn,Qn)R(Q_n,Q_n) be the least NN such that every 22-coloring of QNQ_N contains a monochromatic induced copy of QnQ_n. As a corollary, we show that R(Qn,Qn)>2.02nR(Q_n,Q_n)> 2.02n, improving on the best known lower bound 2n+12n+1 by Cox and Stolee \cite{CS}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2310.02621,
  title  = {Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal problems for posets},
  author = {Christian Winter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.02621},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages, 8 figures. Published in Order, 2025. Fixed a mistake in the previous version. As a result, the constant 2.24 was replaced by the weaker 2.02

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