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Let $f(k)$ be the maximum possible chromatic number of a graph whose edge set can be partitioned into at most $k$ complete bipartite graphs. Alon, Saks, and Seymour conjectured that $f(k)=k+1$ for all $k$. While the conjecture was verified…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Jacob Fox

Let $\mathrm{ex}(G_{n,p}^r,F)$ denote the maximum number of edges in an $F$-free subgraph of the random $r$-uniform hypergraph $G_{n,p}^r$, and let $s(F):=\sup\{s: \exists H,\ t_F(H)=t_{K_r^r}(H)^{s+e(F)}>0\}$. Following recent work of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Jiaxi Nie , Sam Spiro

For a 3-uniform hypergraph (3-graph) $F$, let $r(F,n)$ be the smallest $N$ such that any $N$-vertex $F$-free 3-graph has an independent set of size $n$. We construct a $3$-graph $H_2$ with six vertices and five edges such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Xiaoyu He , Jiaxi Nie , Logan Post , Jacques Verstraëte

In this paper we discuss a class of combinatorial constants in Ramsey theory- edge Folkman numbers. We give an upper bound on one of them- the number F_e(3,3,3;13).

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-03-24 Nikolay Kolev

The $r$-uniform expansion $F^{(r)+}$ of a graph $F$ is obtained by enlarging each edge with $r-2$ new vertices such that altogether we use $(r-2)|E(F)|$ new vertices. Two simple lower bounds on the largest number $\mathrm{ex}_r(n,F^{(r)+})$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Dániel Gerbner

A graph is $(t_1, t_2)$-Ramsey if any red-blue coloring of its edges contains either a red copy of $K_{t_1}$ or a blue copy of $K_{t_2}$. The size Ramsey number is the minimum number of edges contained in a $(t_1,t_2)$-Ramsey graph.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Sammy Luo , Zixuan Xu

The no-(k+1)-in line problem seeks the maximum number of points that can be selected from an $n \times n$ square lattice such that no $k+1$ of them are collinear. The problem was first posed more than $100$ years ago for the special case…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Benedek Kovács , Zoltán Lóránt Nagy , Dávid R. Szabó

For a given pair of two graphs $(F,H)$, let $R(F,H)$ be the smallest positive integer $r$ such that for any graph $G$ of order $r$, either $G$ contains $F$ as a subgraph or the complement of $G$ contains $H$ as a subgraph. Baskoro, Broersma…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-01-24 Shin-ya Kadota , Tomokazu Onozuka , Yuta Suzuki

We investigate the Ramsey numbers $r(I_m, L_n)$ which is the minimal natural number $k$ such that every oriented graph on $k$ vertices contains either an independent set of size $m$ or a transitive tournament on $n$ vertices. Apart from the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-09 Ferdinand Ihringer , Deepak Rajendraprasad , Thilo V. Weinert

Given a graph $H$ and a function $f:\mathbb{Z}^+ \longrightarrow \mathbb{Z}^+ $, the Ramsey-Tur\'an number of $H$ and $f$, denoted by $RT(n, H, f(n))$, is the maximum number of edges a graph $G$ on $n$ vertices can have, which does not…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Min Liu

The Ramsey number $r(t;\ell)$ is the smallest $n$ such that every $\ell$-coloring of the edges of $K_n$ gives a monochromatic $K_{t}$. In recent years, there have been several improvements on asymptotic lower bounds for these numbers when…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Yamaan Attwa , Albert López Vidal , Patrick Morris

The size-Ramsey number $\hat{R}(F,r)$ of a graph $F$ is the smallest integer $m$ such that there exists a graph $G$ on $m$ edges with the property that any colouring of the edges of $G$ with $r$ colours yields a monochromatic copy of $F$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Andrzej Dudek , Paweł Prałat

The two-colour Ramsey number $R(m,n)$ is the least natural number $p$ such that any graph of order $p$ must contain either a clique of size $m$ or an independent set of size $n$. We exhibit a method for computing upper bounds for $R(m,n)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-03 Oliver Krüger

Let $f_\ell(n, k)$ denote the clique number of the xor-product of $\ell$ isomorphic Kneser graphs KG(n,k). Alon and Lubetzky investigated the case of complete graphs as a coding theory problem and showed $f_\ell(n,1)\leq \ell n +1$. Imolay,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Zoltán Füredi , András Imolay , Ádám Schweitzer

For a given graph $H$, the Ramsey number $r(H)$ is the minimum $N$ such that any 2-edge-coloring of the complete graph $K_N$ yields a monochromatic copy of $H$. Given a positive integer $n$, a \emph{fan }$F_n$ is a graph formed by $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Guantao Chen , Xiaowei Yu , Yi Zhao

The Ramsey number $r_k(s,n)$ is the minimum $N$ such that for every red-blue coloring of the $k$-tuples of $\{1,\ldots, N\}$, there are $s$ integers such that every $k$-tuple among them is red, or $n$ integers such that every $k$-tuple…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-17 Dhruv Mubayi , Andrew Suk

For a fixed $r$, let $f_r(n)$ denote the minimum number of complete $r$-partite $r$-graphs needed to partition the complete $r$-graph on $n$ vertices. The Graham-Pollak theorem asserts that $f_2(n)=n-1$. An easy construction shows that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Imre Leader , Ta Sheng Tan

For two graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$, the size Ramsey number $\hat{r}(G_1,G_2)$ is the smallest positive integer $m$ for which there exists a graph $G$ of size $m$ such that for any red-blue edge-coloring of the graph $G$, $G$ contains either a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Yufan Li , Yanbo Zhang , Yunqing Zhang

In the paper we give a lower bound for the number of vertices of a given graph using its chromatic number. We find the graphs for which this bound is exact. The results are applied in the theory of Foklman numbers.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-02-24 Nedyalko Dimov Nenov

The set-colouring Ramsey number $R_{r,s}(k)$ is defined to be the minimum $n$ such that if each edge of the complete graph $K_n$ is assigned a set of $s$ colours from $\{1,\ldots,r\}$, then one of the colours contains a monochromatic clique…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Lucas Aragão , Maurício Collares , João Pedro Marciano , Taísa Martins , Robert Morris