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Rainbow variations on a theme by Mantel: extremal problems for Gallai colouring templates

Combinatorics 2024-02-09 v3 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let G:=(G1,G2,G3)\mathbf{G}:=(G_1, G_2, G_3) be a triple of graphs on the same vertex set VV of size nn. A rainbow triangle in G\mathbf{G} is a triple of edges (e1,e2,e3)(e_1, e_2, e_3) with eiGie_i\in G_i for each ii and {e1,e2,e3}\{e_1, e_2, e_3\} forming a triangle in VV. The triples G\mathbf{G} not containing rainbow triangles, also known as Gallai colouring templates, are a widely studied class of objects in extremal combinatorics. In the present work, we fully determine the set of edge densities (α1,α2,α3)(\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \alpha_3) such that if E(Gi)>αin2\vert E(G_i)\vert> \alpha_i n^2 for each ii and nn is sufficiently large, then G\mathbf{G} must contain a rainbow triangle. This resolves a problem raised by Aharoni, DeVos, de la Maza, Montejanos and \v{S}\'amal, generalises several previous results on extremal Gallai colouring templates, and proves a recent conjecture of Frankl, Gy\"ori, He, Lv, Salia, Tompkins, Varga and Zhu.

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@article{arxiv.2212.07180,
  title  = {Rainbow variations on a theme by Mantel: extremal problems for Gallai colouring templates},
  author = {Victor Falgas-Ravry and Klas Markström and Eero Räty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.07180},
  year   = {2024}
}

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The original version of this paper has been split into two papers

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