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On weighted Ramsey numbers

Combinatorics 2016-05-23 v1

Abstract

The weighted Ramsey number, wR(n,k){\rm wR}(n,k), is the minimum qq such that there is an assignment of nonnegative real numbers (weights) to the edges of KnK_n with the total sum of the weights equal to (n2){n\choose 2} and there is a Red/Blue coloring of edges of the same KnK_n, such that in any complete kk-vertex subgraph HH, of KnK_n, the sum of the weights on Red edges in HH is at most qq and the sum of the weights on Blue edges in HH is at most qq. This concept was introduced recently by Fujisawa and Ota. We provide new bounds on wR(n,k){\rm wR}(n,k), for k4k\geq 4 and nn large enough and show that determining wR(n,3){\rm wR}(n,3) is asymptotically equivalent to the problem of finding the fractional packing number of monochromatic triangles in colorings of edges of complete graphs with two colors.

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@article{arxiv.1605.06188,
  title  = {On weighted Ramsey numbers},
  author = {Maria Axenovich and Ryan Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.06188},
  year   = {2016}
}

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15 pages

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