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Given a graph $H$ and a function $f(n)$, the Ramsey-Tur\'an number $RT(n,H,f(n))$ is the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex $H$-free graph with independence number at most $f(n)$. For $H$ being a small clique, many results about…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-04 József Balogh , Ce Chen , Grace McCourt , Cassie Murley

The Ramsey-Tur\'an problem for $K_p$ asks for the maximum number of edges in an $n$-vertex $K_p$-free graph with independence number $o(n)$. In a natural generalization of the problem, cliques larger than the edge $K_2$ are counted. Let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-15 József Balogh , Van Magnan , Cory Palmer

We give a probabilistic construction of a $3$-uniform hypergraph on $N$ vertices with independence number $O(\log N / \log \log N)$ in which there are at most two edges among any four vertices. This bound is tight and solves a longstanding…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-19 Jacob Fox , Xiaoyu He

We study two related problems concerning the number of homogeneous subsets of given size in graphs that go back to questions of Erd\H{o}s. Most notably, we improve the upper bounds on the Ramsey multiplicity of $K_4$ and $K_5$ and settle…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Olaf Parczyk , Sebastian Pokutta , Christoph Spiegel , Tibor Szabó

We study some percolation problems on the complete graph over $\mathbf N$. In particular, we give sharp sufficient conditions for the existence of (finite or infinite) cliques and paths in a random subgraph. No specific assumption on the…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-03-29 A. Berarducci , P. Majer , M. Novaga

The first application of Szemer\'edi's powerful regularity method was the following celebrated Ramsey-Tur\'an result proved by Szemer\'edi in 1972: any K_4-free graph on N vertices with independence number o(N) has at most (1/8 + o(1)) N^2…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-26 Jacob Fox , Po-Shen Loh , Yufei Zhao

For $s \ge 4$, the 3-uniform tight cycle $C^3_s$ has vertex set corresponding to $s$ distinct points on a circle and edge set given by the $s$ cyclic intervals of three consecutive points. For fixed $s \ge 4$ and $s \not\equiv 0$ (mod 3) we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Dhruv Mubayi , Vojtech Rodl

We consider the following problem posed by Erdos in 1962. Suppose that $G$ is an $n$-vertex graph where the number of $s$-cliques in $G$ is $t$. How small can the independence number of $G$ be? Our main result suggests that for fixed $s$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-12 Tom Bohman , Dhruv Mubayi

In 2016, Dowden initiated the study of planar Tur\'an-type problems, which has since attracted considerable attention. Recently, Bekos et al. proved that every $K_3$-free $1$-planar graph on $n\ge 4$ vertices has at most $3n-6$ edges. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Licheng Zhang , Yuanqiu Huang , Fengming Dong

A $k$-uniform tight cycle is a $k$-graph with a cyclic ordering of its vertices such that its edges are precisely the sets of $k$ consecutive vertices in that ordering. A $k$-uniform tight path is a $k$-graph obtained by deleting a vertex…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Allan Lo , Vincent Pfenninger

The $n$-star $S_n$ is the $n$-vertex triple system with ${n-1 \choose 2}$ edges all of which contain a fixed vertex, and $K_4^-$ is the unique triple system with four vertices and three edges. We prove that the Ramsey number $r(K_4^-, S_n)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Dhruv Mubayi , Nicholas Spanier

We investigate the number of 4-edge paths in graphs with a fixed number of vertices and edges. An asymptotically sharp upper bound is given to this quantity. The extremal construction is the quasi-star or the quasi-clique graph, depending…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-07 Dániel T. Nagy

Let $s$ be an integer, $f=f(n)$ a function, and $H$ a graph. Define the Ramsey-Tur\'an number $RT_s(n,H, f)$ as the maximum number of edges in an $H$-free graph $G$ of order $n$ with $\alpha_s(G) < f$, where $\alpha_s(G)$ is the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-17 Patrick Bennett , Andrzej Dudek

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 construct dense, triangle-free, chromatic-critical graphs of chromatic number $k$ for all $k\geq 4$. For $k\geq 6$ our constructions have $> (\frac{1}{4} -\varepsilon)n^2$ edges, which is asymptotically best possible by Tur\'an's…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Wesley Pegden

We study extensions of Tur\'an Theorem in edge-weighted settings. A particular case of interest is when constraints on the weight of an edge come from the order of the largest clique containing it. These problems are motivated by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 József Balogh , Domagoj Bradač , Bernard Lidický

Write f(n) for the minimum number of 4-cliques in graphs of order n with triangle-free complement. Finding f(n) is a particular case of a problem raised by Erdos in 1962. We give an upper bound of f(n) and a matching lower bound when the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Nikiforov

Let $K\_{[k,t]}$ be the complete graph on $k$ vertices from which a set of edges, induced by a clique of order $t$, has been dropped. In this note we give two explicit upper bounds for $R(K\_{[k\_1,t\_1]},\dots, K\_{[k\_r,t\_r]})$ (the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-12-15 Jonathan Chappelon , Luis Pedro Montejano , Jorge Luis Ramírez Alfonsín

We study graphs with the property that every edge-colouring admits a monochromatic cycle (the length of which may depend freely on the colouring) and describe those graphs that are minimal with this property. We show that every member in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Damian Reding , Anusch Taraz

The triangle-free process begins with an empty graph on n vertices and iteratively adds edges chosen uniformly at random subject to the constraint that no triangle is formed. We determine the asymptotic number of edges in the maximal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-06 Tom Bohman , Peter Keevash
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