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Sparse Multipartite Graphs as Partition Universal for Graphs of Bounded-Degrees

Combinatorics 2015-08-10 v2

Abstract

For graphs GG and HH, let G(H,H)G\to (H,H) signify that any red/blue edge coloring of GG contains a monochromatic HH as a subgraph, and H(Δ,n)={H:V(H)=n,Δ(H)Δ}\mathcal{H}(\Delta,n)=\{H:|V(H)|=n,\Delta(H)\le \Delta\}. For fixed Δ\Delta and nn, we say that GG is a partition universal graph for H(Δ,n)\mathcal{H}(\Delta,n) if G(H,H)G\to (H,H) for every HH(Δ,n)H\in\mathcal{H}(\Delta,n). In 1983, Chv\'atal, R\"odl, Szemer\'edi and Trotter proved that for any Δ2\Delta\ge2 there exists a constant BB such that, for any nn, if NBnN\ge Bn then KNK_N is partition universal for H(Δ,n)\mathcal{H}(\Delta,n). Recently, Kohayakawa, R\"odl, Schacht and Szemer\'edi proved that the complete graph KNK_N in above result can be replaced by sparse graphs. They obtained that for fixed Δ2\Delta\ge2, there exist constants BB and CC such that if NBnN\ge Bn and p=C(logN/N)1/Δp=C(\log N/N)^{1/\Delta}, then {\bf a.a.s.} G(N,p)G(N,p) is partition universal graph for H(Δ,n)\mathcal{H}(\Delta,n), where G(N,p)G(N,p) is the standard random graph on NN vertices with P(e)=p\mathbb{P}(e)=p for each edge ee. From some results of Bollob\'as and {\L}uczak, we know that {\bf a.a.s.} χ(G(N,p))=Θ((N/logN)11/Δ)\chi(G(N,p)) = \Theta((N/\log N)^{1-1/\Delta}). In this paper, we shall show that the G(N,p)G(N,p) in above result can be replaced by random multipartite graph. Let Kr(N)K_{r}(N) be the complete rr-partite graph with NN vertices in each part, and Gr(N,p)G_r(N,p) the random spanning subgraph of Kr(N)K_r(N), in which each edge appears with probability pp. It is shown that for fixed Δ2\Delta\ge2 there exist constants r,Br, B and CC depending only on Δ\Delta such that if NBnN\ge Bn and p=C(logN/N)1/Δp=C(\log N/N)^{1/\Delta}, then {\bf a.a.s.} Gr(N,p)G_r(N,p) is partition universal graph for H(Δ,n)\mathcal{H}(\Delta,n). The proof mainly uses the sparse multipartite regularity lemma.

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@article{arxiv.1411.6966,
  title  = {Sparse Multipartite Graphs as Partition Universal for Graphs of Bounded-Degrees},
  author = {Qizhong Lin and Yusheng Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.6966},
  year   = {2015}
}
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