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On the size-Ramsey number of hypergraphs

Combinatorics 2015-03-24 v1

Abstract

The size-Ramsey number of a graph GG is the minimum number of edges in a graph HH such that every 2-edge-coloring of HH yields a monochromatic copy of GG. Size-Ramsey numbers of graphs have been studied for almost 40 years with particular focus on the case of trees and bounded degree graphs. We initiate the study of size-Ramsey numbers for kk-uniform hypergraphs. Analogous to the graph case, we consider the size-Ramsey number of cliques, paths, trees, and bounded degree hypergraphs. Our results suggest that size-Ramsey numbers for hypergraphs are extremely difficult to determine, and many open problems remain.

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@article{arxiv.1503.06304,
  title  = {On the size-Ramsey number of hypergraphs},
  author = {Andrzej Dudek and Steven La Fleur and Dhruv Mubayi and Vojtech Rodl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06304},
  year   = {2015}
}