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Resolving the Kohayakawa--Kreuter Conjecture for Families

Combinatorics 2026-04-30 v2

Abstract

A graph GG is (a,b)(a,b)-sparse if every nonempty subgraph HH satisfies e(H)av(H)be(H) \leq a v(H) - b. We are interested in the conditions under which an (a,b)(a,b)-sparse graph can be partitioned E(G)=E(G1)E(G2)E(G) = E(G_1) \cup E(G_2) such that for i{1,2}i \in \{1,2\} we have that GiG_i is (ai,bi)(a_i, b_i)-sparse. Kuperwasser, Samotij, and Wigderson conjectured that a (m,0)(m,0)-sparse graph can be partitioned into a (1,1)(1,1)-sparse graph and a (m,2m1)(m,2m-1)-sparse graph. We prove the conjecture in full. The Kohayakawa--Kreuter Conjecture for Families claims that n1/m2n^{-1/m_2} is the threshold function for the random graph being Ramsey a.a.s. for graph families H1,Hr\mathcal{H}_1, \ldots \mathcal{H}_r. Kuperwasser, Samotij, and Wigderson motivated their conjecture by proving that it is sufficient to establish the Kohayakawa--Kreuter Conjecture for Families.

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@article{arxiv.2603.03086,
  title  = {Resolving the Kohayakawa--Kreuter Conjecture for Families},
  author = {Matthew Yancey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.03086},
  year   = {2026}
}