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A Ramsey Theorem for Indecomposable Matchings

Combinatorics 2011-12-02 v2

Abstract

A matching is indecomposable if it does not contain a nontrivial contiguous segment of vertices whose neighbors are entirely contained in the segment. We prove a Ramsey-like result for indecomposable matchings, showing that every sufficiently long indecomposable matching contains a long indecomposable matching of one of three types: interleavings, broken nestings, and proper pin sequences.

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@article{arxiv.1110.3314,
  title  = {A Ramsey Theorem for Indecomposable Matchings},
  author = {James Fairbanks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3314},
  year   = {2011}
}

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