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Using computer algorithms we establish that the Ramsey number $R(3,K_{10}-e)$ is equal to 37, which solves the smallest open case for Ramsey numbers of this type. We also obtain new upper bounds for the cases of $R(3,K_k-e)$ for $11 \le k…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-19 Jan Goedgebeur , Stanisław P. Radziszowski

Given a nonempty graph $G$, a collection of nonempty graphs $\cal{H}$, and a positive integer $k$, the Gallai-Ramsey number $\mathrm{gr}_k(G:\mathcal{H})$ is defined to be the minimum positive integer $n$ such that every exact…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Zhao Wang , Lanyanni Zhang , Meiqin Wei , Mark Budden

We determine the Ramsey number of a connected clique matching. That is, we show that if $G$ is a $2$-edge-coloured complete graph on $(r^2 - r - 1)n - r + 1$ vertices, then there is a monochromatic connected subgraph containing $n$ disjoint…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-25 Barnaby Roberts

A Gallai $k$-coloring is a $k$-edge coloring of a complete graph in which there are no rainbow triangles. For given graphs $G_1, G_2, G_3$ and nonnegative integers $r, s, t$ with that $k=r+s+t$, the $k$-colored Gallai-Ramsey number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-28 Xueli Su , Yan Liu

Given positive integers $k$ and $\ell$ we write $G \rightarrow (K_k,K_\ell)$ if every 2-colouring of the edges of $G$ yields a red copy of $K_k$ or a blue copy of $K_\ell$ and we denote by $R(k)$ the minimum $n$ such that $K_n\rightarrow…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Walner Mendonça , Meysam Miralaei , Guilherme O. Mota

A $(k+r)$-uniform hypergraph $H$ on $(k+m)$ vertices is an $(r,m,k)$-daisy if there exists a partition of the vertices $V(H)=K\cup M$ with $|K|=k$, $|M|=m$ such that the set of edges of $H$ is all the $(k+r)$-tuples $K\cup P$, where $P$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Marcelo Sales

For $n\ge 5$ let $T_n'$ denote the unique tree on $n$ vertices with $\Delta(T_n')=n-2$, and let $T_n^*=(V,E)$ be the tree on $n$ vertices with $V=\{v_0,v_1,\ldots,$ $v_{n-1}\}$ and $E=\{v_0v_1,\ldots,v_0v_{n-3},$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-28 Zhi-Hong Sun

For two given graphs $F$ and $H$, the Ramsey number $R(F,H)$ is the smallest integer $N$ such that any red-blue edge-coloring of the complete graph $K_N$ contains a red $F$ or a blue $H$. When $F=H$, we simply write $R_2(H)$. For an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Qinghong Zhao , Bing Wei

For two graphs $G$ and $H$, let $r(G,H)$ and $r_*(G,H)$ denote the Ramsey number and star-critical Ramsey number of $G$ versus $H$, respectively. In 1996, Li and Rousseau proved that $r(K_{m},F_{t,n})=tn(m-1)+1$ for $m\geq 3$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Maoqun Wang , Jianguo Qian

In this work, we give several new upper and lower bounds on Ramsey numbers for books and wheels, including a tight upper bound establishing $R(W_5, W_7) = 15$, matching upper and lower bounds giving $R(W_5, W_9) = 18$, $R(B_2, B_8) = 21$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Bernard Lidický , Gwen McKinley , Florian Pfender , Steven Van Overberghe

For graphs $G, F_1$ and $F_2$, we say that $G$ is $(F_1,F_2)$-free if neither $F_1$ nor $F_2$ is an induced subgraph of $G$. We say that $G$ is $k$-vertex-critical if the chromatic number of $G$ is $k$, but every proper induced subgraph of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Jorik Jooken

For two graph H and G, the Ramsey number r(H, G) is the smallest positive integer n such that every red-blue edge coloring of the complete graph K_n on n vertices contains either a red copy of H or a blue copy of G. Motivated by questions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-06-29 Benny Sudakov

Given two graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$, the Ramsey number $r(G_1,G_2)$ refers to the smallest positive integer $N$ such that any graph $G$ with $N$ vertices contains $G_1$ as a subgraph, or the complement of $G$ contains $G_2$ as a subgraph. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-23 Yanbo Zhang , Yaojun Chen

The 8 unknown values of the Ramsey numbers $R(C_4,K_{1,n})$ for $n \leq 37$ are determined, showing that $R(C_4,K_{1,27}) = 33$ and $R(C_4,K_{1,n}) = n + 7$ for $28 \leq n \leq 33$ or $n = 37$. Additionally, the following results are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-20 Luis Boza

In 1995, McKay and Radziszowski proved that the Ramsey number R(4,5) is equal to 25. Their proof relies on a combination of high-level arguments and computational steps. The authors have performed the computational parts of the proof with…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Thibault Gauthier , Chad E. Brown

We consider the following problem: Let $H$ and $F$ be two graphs on $k$ vertices and assume $F \neq H$. We say that $H$ and $F$ are incomparable if neither $F$ nor $H$ contains the other. Let $H$ be a graph on $k$ vertices and let $G$ be a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Yair Caro , Zsolt Tuza , Christina Zarb

Let $K_m-H$ be the graph obtained from $K_m$ by removing the edges set $E(H)$ of $H$ where $H$ is a subgraph of $K_m$. In this paper, we characterize the potentially $K_5-P_3$, $K_5-A_3$, $K_5-K_3$ and $K_5-K_{1,3}$-graphic sequences where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-09-17 Lili Hu , Chunhui Lai

Given a graph $G$ and a positive integer $k$, define the \emph{Gallai-Ramsey number} to be the minimum number of vertices $n$ such that any $k$-edge coloring of $K_n$ contains either a rainbow (all different colored) triangle or a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Yaping Mao , Zhao Wang , Colton Magnant , Ingo Schiermeyer

Given a graph $H$ and a positive integer $k$, the {\it $k$-colored Ramsey number} $R_k(H)$ is the minimum integer $n$ such that in every $k$-edge-coloring of the complete graph $K_{n}$, there is a monochromatic copy of $H$. Given two graphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Xihe Li , Xiangxiang Liu

For two graphs $G^<$ and $H^<$ with linearly ordered vertex sets, the ordered Ramsey number $r_<(G^<,H^<)$ is the minimum $N$ such that every red-blue coloring of the edges of the ordered complete graph on $N$ vertices contains a red copy…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-12 Martin Balko , Marian Poljak