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Gallai-Ramsey numbers for graphs with chromatic number three

Combinatorics 2021-07-16 v2

Abstract

Given a graph HH and an integer k1k\ge1, the Gallai-Ramsey number GRk(H)GR_k(H) is defined to be the minimum integer nn such that every kk-edge coloring of the complete graph KnK_n contains either a rainbow (all different colored) triangle or a monochromatic copy of HH. In this paper, we study Gallai-Ramsey numbers for graphs with chromatic number three such as K^m\widehat{K}_m for m2m\ge2, where K^m\widehat{K}_m is a kipas with m+1m+1 vertices obtained from the join of K1K_1 and PmP_m, and a class of graphs with five vertices, denoted by H\mathscr{H}. We first study the general lower bound of such graphs and propose a conjecture for the exact value of GRk(K^m)GR_k(\widehat{K}_m). Then we give a unified proof to determine the Gallai-Ramsey numbers for many graphs in H\mathscr{H} and obtain the exact value of GRk(K^4)GR_k(\widehat{K}_4) for k1k\ge1. Our outcomes not only indicate that the conjecture on GRk(K^m)GR_k(\widehat{K}_m) is true for m4m\le4, but also imply several results on GRk(H)GR_k(H) for some HHH\in \mathscr{H} which are proved individually in different papers.

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@article{arxiv.2006.02603,
  title  = {Gallai-Ramsey numbers for graphs with chromatic number three},
  author = {Qinghong Zhao and Bing Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02603},
  year   = {2021}
}

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15 pages, 2 figures