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Consider the following game between two players, Builder and Painter. Builder draws edges one at a time and Painter colours them, in either red or blue, as each appears. Builder's aim is to force Painter to draw a monochromatic copy of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-02-11 David Conlon

By using random multilinear maps, we provide new lower bounds for the Erd\H{o}s box problem, the problem of estimating the extremal number of the complete $d$-partite $d$-uniform hypergraph with two vertices in each part, thereby improving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-28 David Conlon , Cosmin Pohoata , Dmitriy Zakharov

We derive a simple lower bound for the multi-version coding problem formulated in [1]. We also propose simple algorithms that almost match the lower bound derived. Another lower bound is proven for an extended version of the multi-version…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-24 Majid Khabbazian

In this paper we study the distance Ramsey number $R_{{\it D}}(s,t,d)$. The \textit{distance Ramsey number} $R_{{\it D}}(s,t,d) $ is the minimum number $n$ such that for any graph $ G $ on $ n $ vertices, either $G$ contains an induced $ s…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-01 Andrey Kupavskii , Andrei Raigorodskii , Maria Titova

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 2019-08-08 Yaping Mao , Zhao Wang , Colton Magnant , Ingo Schiermeyer

We prove polynomial upper bounds of geometric Ramsey numbers of pathwidth-2 outerplanar triangulations in both convex and general cases. We also prove that the geometric Ramsey numbers of the ladder graph on $2n$ vertices are bounded by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-14 Josef Cibulka , Pu Gao , Marek Krčál , Tomáš Valla , Pavel Valtr

This article provides new lower bounds for both Schur and weak Schur numbers by exploiting a "template"-based approach. The concept of "template" is also generalized to weak Schur numbers. Finding new templates leads to explicit partitions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-05 Romain Ageron , Paul Casteras , Thibaut Pellerin , Yann Portella , Arpad Rimmel , Joanna Tomasik

We show that for large instances the order of magnitude of the expected Frobenius number is (up to a constant depending only on the dimension) given by its lower bound.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-10-15 Iskander Aliev , Martin Henk , Aicke Hinrichs

The $r$-colour Ramsey number $R_r(k)$ is the minimum $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that every $r$-colouring of the edges of the complete graph $K_n$ on $n$ vertices contains a monochromatic copy of $K_k$. We prove, for each fixed $r \geqslant 2$,…

Given two finite posets $\mathcal P$ and $\mathcal Q$, their Ramsey number, denoted by $R(\mathcal P,\mathcal Q)$, is defined to be the smallest integer $N$ such that any blue/red colouring of the vertices of the hypercube $Q_N$ has either…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Maria-Romina Ivan , Bernardus A. Wessels

We use finite fields and extend a result of Fan Chung to give eight new, nontrivial, lower bounds.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Aaron Robertson

Given a vertex-ordered graph $G$, the ordered Ramsey number $r_<(G)$ is the minimum integer $N$ such that every $2$-coloring of the edges of the complete ordered graph $K_N$ contains a monochromatic ordered copy of $G$. Motivated by a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Domagoj Bradač , Patryk Morawski , Benny Sudakov , Yuval Wigderson

Circulant graphs have been used to effectively establish lower bounds on many classical Ramsey numbers. Here, we construct circulant graphs of prime order that sharpen the best published lower bounds on two Ramsey numbers. Generalizing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-22 Madison Lindsay , John W. Cain

We establish new lower bounds for $28$ classical two and three color Ramsey numbers, and describe the heuristic search procedures we used. Several of the new three color bounds are derived from the two color constructions; specifically, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-21 Geoffrey Exoo , Milos Tatarevic

The canonical Ramsey theorem of Erd\H{o}s and Rado implies that for any graph $H$, any edge-coloring (with an arbitrary number of colors) of a sufficiently large complete graph $K_N$ contains a monochromatic, lexicographic, or rainbow copy…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Lior Gishboliner , Aleksa Milojević , Benny Sudakov , Yuval Wigderson

We investigate the possibility of proving upper bounds on Hadwiger's number of a graph with partial information, mirroring several known upper bounds for the chromatic number. For each such bound we determine whether the corresponding bound…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-03-17 Gabriel Istrate

Ramsey theory is a central and active branch of combinatorics. Although Ramsey numbers for graphs have been extensively investigated since Ramsey's work in the 1930s, there is still an exponential gap between the best known lower and upper…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-03 António Girão , Gal Kronenberg , Alex Scott

Building upon previous works by Conlon-Ferber and Wigderson, Sawin showed a few years ago that upper bounds on the minimum density of independent sets in a $K_t$-free $G$ can be used to provide lower bounds for multicolor Ramsey numbers. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Marcelo Campos , Cosmin Pohoata

We present a bound on the size of linear codes. This bound is independent of other known bounds, e.g. the Griesmer bound.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-06-28 Eleonora Guerrini , Massimiliano Sala

The \textit{set-coloring Ramsey number} $\mathrm{R}_{r, s}(G_1,G_2,...,G_r)$ is the least $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that every coloring $\chi: E\left(K_n\right) \rightarrow\binom{[r]}{s}$ contains a monochromatic copy of $G_i$, that is, a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Mengya He , Yaping Mao