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The Ramsey number of dense graphs

Combinatorics 2014-02-26 v1

Abstract

The Ramsey number r(H) of a graph H is the smallest number n such that, in any two-colouring of the edges of K_n, there is a monochromatic copy of H. We study the Ramsey number of graphs H with t vertices and density \r, proving that r(H) \leq 2^{c \sqrt{\r} \log (2/\r) t}. We also investigate some related problems, such as the Ramsey number of graphs with t vertices and maximum degree \r t and the Ramsey number of random graphs in \mathcal{G}(t, \r), that is, graphs on t vertices where each edge has been chosen independently with probability \r.

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@article{arxiv.0907.2657,
  title  = {The Ramsey number of dense graphs},
  author = {David Conlon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.2657},
  year   = {2014}
}

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15 pages

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