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The asymptotic of off-diagonal online Ramsey numbers for paths

Combinatorics 2024-08-13 v2

Abstract

We prove that for every k10k\ge 10, the online Ramsey number for paths PkP_k and PnP_n satisfies r~(Pk,Pn)53n+k94\tilde{r}(P_k,P_n) \geq \frac{5}{3}n + \frac{k}{9} - 4, matching up to a linear term in kk the upper bound recently obtained by Bednarska-Bzd{\k{e}}ga. In particular, this implies limnr~(Pk,Pn)n=53\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\tilde{r}(P_k, P_n)}{n} = \frac{5}{3}, whenever 10k=o(n)10 \le k=o(n), disproving a conjecture by Cyman, Dzido, Lapinskas and Lo.

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@article{arxiv.2312.16628,
  title  = {The asymptotic of off-diagonal online Ramsey numbers for paths},
  author = {Adva Mond and Julien Portier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.16628},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

14 pages, 3 figures. This version corrects an error pointed out by Natalia Adamska in the previous version