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Induced/Incomparable versus Ramsey

组合数学 2026-05-28 v2

摘要

We consider the following problem: Let HH and FF be two graphs on kk vertices and assume FHF \neq H. We say that HH and FF are incomparable if neither FF nor HH contains the other. Let HH be a graph on kk vertices and let GG be a graph on at least kk vertices. Then GG is said to be HH-exact if any induced subgraph of GG on kk vertices is either isomorphic to HH or incomparable with HH. Exact(HH) is the family of all graphs GG which are HH-exact. We pose the following problem: For a graph HH on kk vertices, determine or estimate f(H)=max{n:GExact(H),V(G)=n}f(H) = \max \{n: \exists G \in \text{Exact}(H), |V (G)| = n\}. Among the many results obtained in this paper the following are representatives concerning trees and matchings: 1. For a tree on k3k \geq 3 vertices, (k1)(k21)f(T)(k1)2 (k - 1)(\left \lceil \frac{k}{2} \right \rceil -1 ) \leq f(T) \leq ( k-1)^2. 2. For k4k \geq 4, f(K1,k1)=(k1)(k2)f(K_{1,k-1}) = (k-1)(k-2). 3. For k5k \geq 5, f(Pk)=(k1)22f(P_k) = \frac{(k-1)^2}{2} if kk is odd and f(Pk)=(k1)(k2)2+1f(P_k) = \frac{(k-1)(k-2)}{2}+1 if kk is even. 4. f(nK2)=3nf(nK_2) = 3n for n=2,3n = 2, 3 and f(nK2)=4n4f(nK_2) = 4n - 4 for n4n \geq 4.

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@article{arxiv.2605.22077,
  title  = {Induced/Incomparable versus Ramsey},
  author = {Yair Caro and Zsolt Tuza and Christina Zarb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22077},
  year   = {2026}
}