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Redundant edges in Ramsey graphs

Combinatorics 2019-04-18 v5

Abstract

For graphs GG, FF and HH, let G(F,H)G\rightarrow (F,H) signify that any edge coloring of GG in red and blue contains a red FF or a blue HH. The Ramsey number R(F,H)=min{r  Kr(F,H)}R(F,H)=\min\{r|\; K_r\rightarrow (F,H)\}. In this note, we consider redundant edges in Ramsey graphs, which are associate with critical Ramsey numbers. For an integer k1k\ge 1, let G={Gk,Gk+1,}{\mathbb G}=\{G_k,G_{k+1},\dots \} be a class of graphs with δ(Gn)1\delta(G_n)\ge 1. We define the critical Ramsey number RG(F,H)R_{\mathbb G}(F,H) with respect to G\mathbb G to be max{n  KrGn(F,H),GnG}\max\{n|\; K_r\setminus G_n \rightarrow(F,H),\,G_n\in{\mathbb G}\big\}, where r=R(F,H)r=R(F,H). We shall determine some RG(F,H)R_{\mathbb G}(F,H), where G{\mathbb G} consists of stars, matchings and complete graphs, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1712.03226,
  title  = {Redundant edges in Ramsey graphs},
  author = {Ye Wang and Yusheng Li and Yan Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.03226},
  year   = {2019}
}
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