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Minimal colorings for properly colored subgraphs in complete graphs

Combinatorics 2019-11-12 v1

Abstract

Let pr(Kn,G)pr(K_{n}, G) be the maximum number of colors in an edge-coloring of KnK_{n} with no properly colored copy of GG. In this paper, we show that pr(Kn,G)ex(n,G)=o(n2),pr(K_{n}, G)-ex(n, \mathcal{G'})=o(n^{2}), where G={GM:M is a matching of G}\mathcal{G'}=\{G-M: M \text{ is a matching of }G\}. Furthermore, we determine the value of pr(Kn,Pl)pr(K_{n}, P_{l}) for l27l\ge 27 and n2l3n\ge 2l^{3} and the exact value of pr(Kn,G)pr(K_{n}, G), where GG is C5,C6C_{5}, C_{6} and K4K_{4}^{-}, respectively. Also, we give an upper bound and a lower bound of pr(Kn,K2,3)pr(K_{n}, K_{2,3}).

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@article{arxiv.1911.04358,
  title  = {Minimal colorings for properly colored subgraphs in complete graphs},
  author = {Chunqiu Fang and Ervin Győri and Jimeng Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.04358},
  year   = {2019}
}

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17 pages

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