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On the multicolor Ramsey number of a graph with m edges

Combinatorics 2013-11-26 v2

Abstract

The multicolor Ramsey number rk(F)r_k(F) of a graph FF is the least integer nn such that in every coloring of the edges of KnK_n by kk colors there is a monochromatic copy of FF. In this short note we prove an upper bound on rk(F)r_k(F) for a graph FF with mm edges and no isolated vertices of the form k6km2/3k^{6km^{2/3}} addressing a question of Sudakov [ Adv. Math. 227 (2011), no. 1, 601--609]. Furthermore, the constant in the exponent in the case of bipartite FF and two colors is lowered so that r2(F)2(1+o(1))22mr_2(F)\le 2^{(1+o(1))2\sqrt{2m}} improving the result of Alon, Krivelevich and Sudakov [Combin. Probab. Comput. 12 (2003), no. 5--6, 477--494].

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@article{arxiv.1311.5471,
  title  = {On the multicolor Ramsey number of a graph with m edges},
  author = {Kathleen Johst and Yury Person},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.5471},
  year   = {2013}
}

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