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The ordered Ramsey number of a graph $G^<$ with a linearly ordered vertex set is the smallest positive integer $N$ such that any two-coloring of the edges of the ordered complete graph on $N$ vertices contains a monochromatic copy of $G^<$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Martin Balko

We use the framework of reverse mathematics to address the question of, given a mathematical problem, whether or not it is easier to find an infinite partial solution than it is to find a complete solution. Following Flood, we say that a…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-05-04 Laurent Bienvenu , Ludovic Patey , Paul Shafer

We construct a 3-uniform 1-degenerate hypergraph on $n$ vertices whose 2-colour Ramsey number is $\Omega\big(n^{3/2}/\log n\big)$. This shows that all remaining open cases of the hypergraph Burr-Erd\H{o}s conjecture are false. Our graph is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Peter Allen , Simona Boyadzhiyska , Matías Pavez-Signé

Khan and Miller proved that for every computable non decreasing unbounded function $h\in \omega^\omega$ (henceforth order function), if $h$ is sufficiently large, then there exists a $DNR_h$ that is of minimal degree. Where $h$ has to…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Lu Liu

We consider the graph $k$-colouring problem encoded as a set of polynomial equations in the standard way over $0/1$-valued variables. We prove that there are bounded-degree graphs that do not have legal $k$-colourings but for which the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Massimo Lauria , Jakob Nordström

According to a study by Erd\H{o}s et al. in 1975, the anti-Ramsey number of a graph \(G\), denoted as \(AR(n, G)\), is defined as the maximum number of colors that can be used in an edge-coloring of the complete graph \(K_n\) without…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Ali Ghalavand , Qing Jie , Zemin Jin , Xueliang Li , Linshu Pan

A simple graph-product type construction shows that for all natural numbers $r \ge q$, there exists an edge-coloring of the complete graph on $2^r$ vertices using $r$ colors where the graph consisting of the union of arbitrary $q$ color…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-20 Choongbum Lee , Brandon Tran

For a graph $H$ and an integer $k\ge1$, let $r(H;k)$ and $r_\ell(H;k)$ denote the $k$-color Ramsey number and list Ramsey number of $H$, respectively. Alon, Buci\'c, Kalvari, Kuperwasser and Szab\'o in 2021 initiated the systematic study of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Jake Ruotolo , Zi-Xia Song

A $(p,q)$-coloring of a graph $G$ is an edge-coloring of $G$ such that every $p$-clique receives at least $q$ colors. In 1975, Erd\H{o}s and Shelah introduced the generalized Ramsey number $f(n,p,q)$ which is the minimum number of colors…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-16 Patrick Bennett , Michelle Delcourt , Lina Li , Luke Postle

In this series of papers, we advance Ramsey theory of colorings over partitions. In this part, a correspondence between anti-Ramsey properties of partitions and chain conditions of the natural forcing notions that homogenize colorings over…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Menachem Kojman , Assaf Rinot , Juris Steprans

In this paper we study fractional coloring from the angle of distributed computing. Fractional coloring is the linear relaxation of the classical notion of coloring, and has many applications, in particular in scheduling. It was proved by…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-15 Nicolas Bousquet , Louis Esperet , François Pirot

Analogues of Ramsey's Theorem for infinite structures such as the rationals or the Rado graph have been known for some time. In this context, one looks for optimal bounds, called degrees, for the number of colors in an isomorphic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-03 Natasha Dobrinen

We look at colourings of $r$-uniform hypergraphs, focusing our attention on unique colourability and gaps in the chromatic spectrum. The pattern of an edge $E$ in an $r$-uniform hypergraph $H$ whose vertices are coloured is the partition of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-04-17 Yair Caro , Josef Lauri , Christina Zarb

An ordered graph is a pair $\mathcal{G}=(G,\prec)$ where $G$ is a graph and $\prec$ is a total ordering of its vertices. The ordered Ramsey number $\overline{R}(\mathcal{G})$ is the minimum number $N$ such that every $2$-coloring of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-21 Martin Balko , Vít Jelínek , Pavel Valtr

Let $k$ and $r$ be two integers with $k \ge 2$ and $k\ge r \ge 1$. In this paper we show that (1) if a strongly connected digraph $D$ contains no directed cycle of length $1$ modulo $k$, then $D$ is $k$-colorable; and (2) if a digraph $D$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-01 Zhibin Chen , Jie Ma , Wenan Zang

Often regarded as the study of how order emerges from randomness, Ramsey theory has played an important role in mathematics and computer science, giving rise to applications in numerous domains such as logic, parallel processing, and number…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Zohair Raza Hassan

We study a restriction of Ramsey's theorem for 2-coloring of triples, in which homogeneous sets for color~1 are of bounded size ($\mathsf{BRT}^3_2$). We prove that the computational content of this statement is very close to Ramsey's…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Ludovic Patey , Paul Shafer

We show that in every two-colouring of the edges of the complete graph $K_N$ there is a monochromatic $K_k$ which can be extended in at least $(1 + o_k(1))2^{-k}N$ ways to a monochromatic $K_{k+1}$. This result is asymptotically best…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-25 David Conlon

A graph $G$ is Ramsey for a graph $H$ if every colouring of the edges of $G$ in two colours contains a monochromatic copy of $H$. Two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$ are Ramsey equivalent if any graph $G$ is Ramsey for $H_1$ if and only if it is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Michael Savery

We give an almost complete characterization of the hardness of $c$-coloring $\chi$-chromatic graphs with distributed algorithms, for a wide range of models of distributed computing. In particular, we show that these problems do not admit…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Xavier Coiteux-Roy , Francesco d'Amore , Rishikesh Gajjala , Fabian Kuhn , François Le Gall , Henrik Lievonen , Augusto Modanese , Marc-Olivier Renou , Gustav Schmid , Jukka Suomela