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On the set-coloring Ramsey numbers of graphs

Combinatorics 2025-05-28 v1

Abstract

The \textit{set-coloring Ramsey number} Rr,s(G1,G2,...,Gr)\mathrm{R}_{r, s}(G_1,G_2,...,G_r) is the least nNn \in \mathbb{N} such that every coloring χ:E(Kn)([r]s)\chi: E\left(K_n\right) \rightarrow\binom{[r]}{s} contains a monochromatic copy of GiG_i, that is, a color i[r]i \in[r] such that iχ(e)i \in \chi(e) for every eE(Gi)e \in E(G_i). If G1=G2==Gr=GG_1=G_2=\cdots=G_r=G, then we write Rr,s(G)\mathrm{R}_{r,s}(G) for short. In 2022, Le asked to find lower and upper bounds for Rs,t(G)\mathrm{R}_{s, t}(G) with various kinds of graphs GG such as stars, paths, cycles, etc. In this paper, we obtain exact values or bounds for the set-coloring Ramsey numbers of stars, paths, matchings, etc. By Lov\'{a}sz Local Lemma, we give a lower bound for the set-coloring Ramsey number for general graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2505.20652,
  title  = {On the set-coloring Ramsey numbers of graphs},
  author = {Mengya He and Yaping Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.20652},
  year   = {2025}
}