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Infinite Ramsey-minimal graphs for star forests

Combinatorics 2021-10-14 v3

Abstract

For graphs FF, GG, and HH, we write F(G,H)F \to (G,H) if every red-blue coloring of the edges of FF produces a red copy of GG or a blue copy of HH. The graph FF is said to be (G,H)(G,H)-minimal if it is subgraph-minimal with respect to this property. The characterization problem for Ramsey-minimal graphs is classically done for finite graphs. In 2021, Barrett and the second author generalized this problem to infinite graphs. They asked which pairs (G,H)(G,H) admit a Ramsey-minimal graph and which ones do not. We show that any pair of star forests such that at least one of them involves an infinite-star component admits no Ramsey-minimal graph. Also, we construct a Ramsey-minimal graph for a finite star forest versus a subdivision graph. This paper builds upon the results of Burr et al. in 1981 on Ramsey-minimal graphs for finite star forests.

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@article{arxiv.2107.01710,
  title  = {Infinite Ramsey-minimal graphs for star forests},
  author = {Fawwaz Fakhrurrozi Hadiputra and Valentino Vito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.01710},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

13 pages, 2 figures; improved clarity and expanded introduction

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