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We study edge-colorings of the complete $p$-graph on $n$ vertices that contain no three edges $A,B,C$ of distinct colors such that the symmetric difference of $A$ and $B$ is contained in $C$. For $p\ge3$ and $n\ge p+1$, we show that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Cheng Chi , Long-tu Yuan

Given a positive integer $n$ and a planar graph $H$, let $\mathcal{T}_n(H)$ be the family of all plane triangulations $T$ on $n$ vertices such that $T$ contains a subgraph isomorphic to $H$. The planar anti-Ramsey number of $H$, denoted…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-14 Gang Chen , Yongxin Lan , Zi-Xia Song

The rainbow Tur{\'a}n number of a fixed graph $H$, denoted by ${\text{ex}}^*(n,H)$, is the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph such that it admits a proper edge coloring with no rainbow $H$. We study this problem in planar…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Xiaonan Liu

The Ramsey number $R(k)$ is the minimum $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that every red-blue colouring of the edges of the complete graph $K_n$ on $n$ vertices contains a monochromatic copy of $K_k$. We prove that \[ R(k) \leqslant (4 -…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Marcelo Campos , Simon Griffiths , Robert Morris , Julian Sahasrabudhe

An edge-colored hypergraph is called \emph{a rainbow hypergraph} if all the colors on its edges are distinct. Given two positive integers $n,r$ and an $r$-uniform hypergraph $\mathcal{G}$, the anti-Ramsey number $ar_r(n,\mathcal{G})$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Hongliang Lu , Xinyue Luo , Xinxin Ma

We prove that $\RCA + \RRT^3_2 \not\vdash \ACA$ where $\RRT^3_2$ is the Rainbow Ramsey Theorem for 2-bounded colorings of triples. This reverse mathematical result is based on a cone avoidance theorem, that every 2-bounded coloring of pairs…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-12-05 Wei Wang

We obtain a new lower bound on the largest Sidon subset of an arbitrary finite set of integers. If $H(n)$ denotes the minimum, over all $n$-element subsets of $\mathbb Z$, of the largest Sidon subset they contain, we prove that $H(n)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Alexandre Bailleul , Robin Riblet

For a set of positive integers $A \subseteq [n]$, an $r$-coloring of $A$ is rainbow sum-free if it contains no rainbow Schur triple. In this paper we initiate the study of the rainbow Erd\H{o}s-Rothchild problem in the context of sum-free…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Yangyang Cheng , Yifan Jing , Lina Li , Guanghui Wang , Wenling Zhou

We study Ramsey-type problems in Gallai-colorings. Given a graph $G$ and an integer $k\ge1$, the Gallai-Ramsey number $gr_k(K_3,G)$ is the least positive integer $n$ such that every $k$-coloring of the edges of the complete graph on $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Christian Bosse , Zi-Xia Song

Let $f_r(k)$ be the smallest positive integer $n$ such that every $r$-coloring of $\{1,2,...,n\}$ has a monochromatic solution to the nonlinear equation \[1/x_1+\cdots+1/x_k=1/y,\] where $x_1,...,x_k$ are not necessarily distinct. Brown and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Collier Gaiser

An edge-colored graph $F$ is {\it rainbow} if each edge of $F$ has a unique color. The {\it rainbow Tur\'an number} $\mathrm{ex}^*(n,F)$ of a graph $F$ is the maximum possible number of edges in a properly edge-colored $n$-vertex graph with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Anastasia Halfpap , Cory Palmer

The Rado number of an equation is a Ramsey-theoretic quantity associated to the equation. Let $\mathcal{E}$ be a linear equation. Denote by $\operatorname{R}_r(\mathcal{E})$ the minimal integer, if it exists, such that any $r$-coloring of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-14 Gang Yang , Yaping Mao , Changxiang He , Zhao Wang

For a fixed graph $F$, we would like to determine the maximum number of edges in a properly edge-colored graph on $n$ vertices which does not contain a rainbow copy of $F$, that is, a copy of $F$ all of whose edges receive a different…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-11 Daniel Johnston , Puck Rombach

For $n\geq s> r\geq 1$ and $k\geq 2$, write $n \rightarrow (s)_{k}^r$ if every hyperedge colouring with $k$ colours of the complete $r$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices has a monochromatic subset of size $s$. Improving upon previous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Bruno Jartoux , Chaya Keller , Shakhar Smorodinsky , Yelena Yuditsky

The Rainbow k-Coloring problem asks whether the edges of a given graph can be colored in $k$ colors so that every pair of vertices is connected by a rainbow path, i.e., a path with all edges of different colors. Our main result states that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-02-19 Łukasz Kowalik , Juho Lauri , Arkadiusz Socała

The Ramsey number $r_k(s,n)$ is the minimum $N$ such that every red-blue coloring of the $k$-subsets of $\{1, \ldots, N\}$ contains a red set of size $s$ or a blue set of size $n$, where a set is red (blue) if all of its $k$-subsets are red…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-01 Dhruv Mubayi , Andrew Suk

Since 2002, the best known upper bound on the Ramsey numbers R n (3) = R(3,. .. , 3) is R n (3) $\le$ n!(e -- 1/6) + 1 for all n $\ge$ 4. It is based on the current estimate R 4 (3) $\le$ 62. We show here how any closing-in on R 4 (3)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-19 Shalom Eliahou

For positive integers $n$ and $k$, the \emph{anti-van der Waerden number} of $\mathbb{Z}_n$, denoted by $aw(\mathbb{Z}_n,k)$, is the minimum number of colors needed to color the elements of the cyclic group of order $n$ and guarantee there…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-29 Michael Young

It was previously shown that any two-colour colouring of K(C_n) must contain a monochromatic planar K_4 subgraph for n >= N^*, where 6 <= N^* <= N and N is Graham's number. The bound was later improved to 11 <= N^* <= N. In this article, it…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-11-10 Jerome Barkley

Ramsey-type problems for linear equations began with Schur's theorem and were systematically generalized by Richard Rado. In the off-diagonal framework for two colors, one considers two different linear equations…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Rajat Adak , Yash Bakshi , L. Sunil Chandran , Saraswati Girish Nanoti