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Gallai-Ramsey number for $K_{5}$

Combinatorics 2019-01-14 v1

Abstract

Given a graph HH, the kk-colored Gallai Ramsey number grk(K3:H)gr_{k}(K_{3} : H) is defined to be the minimum integer nn such that every kk-coloring of the edges of the complete graph on nn vertices contains either a rainbow triangle or a monochromatic copy of HH. Fox et al. [J. Fox, A. Grinshpun, and J. Pach. The Erd{\H o}s-Hajnal conjecture for rainbow triangles. J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 111:75-125, 2015.] conjectured the value of the Gallai Ramsey numbers for complete graphs. Recently, this conjecture has been verified for the first open case, when H=K4H = K_{4}. In this paper we attack the next case, when H=K5H = K_5. Surprisingly it turns out, that the validity of the conjecture depends upon the (yet unknown) value of the Ramsey number R(5,5)R(5,5). It is known that 43R(5,5)4843 \leq R(5,5) \leq 48 and conjectured that R(5,5)=43R(5,5)=43 [B.D. McKay and S.P. Radziszowski. Subgraph counting identities and Ramsey numbers. J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 69:193-209, 1997]. If 44R(5,5)4844 \leq R(5,5) \leq 48, then Fox et al.'s conjecture is true and we present a complete proof. If, however, R(5,5)=43R(5,5)=43, then Fox et al.'s conjecture is false, meaning that at least one of these two conjectures must be false. For the case when R(5,5)=43R(5, 5) = 43, we show lower and upper bounds for the Gallai Ramsey number grk(K3:K5)gr_{k}(K_{3} : K_5).

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@article{arxiv.1901.03622,
  title  = {Gallai-Ramsey number for $K_{5}$},
  author = {Colton Magnant and Ingo Schiermeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.03622},
  year   = {2019}
}

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38 pages, 4 tables, 1 figure

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