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Some Exact Ramsey-Tur\'an Numbers

Combinatorics 2013-07-29 v2

Abstract

Let r be an integer, f(n) a function, and H a graph. Introduced by Erd\H{o}s, Hajnal, S\'{o}s, and Szemer\'edi, the r-Ramsey-Tur\'{a}n number of H, RT_r(n, H, f(n)), is defined to be the maximum number of edges in an n-vertex, H-free graph G with \alpha_r(G) <= f(n) where \alpha_r(G) denotes the K_r-independence number of G. In this note, using isoperimetric properties of the high dimensional unit sphere, we construct graphs providing lower bounds for RT_r(n,K_{r+s},o(n)) for every 2 <= s <= r. These constructions are sharp for an infinite family of pairs of r and s. The only previous sharp construction was by Bollob\'as and Erd\Hos for r = s = 2.

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@article{arxiv.1109.4472,
  title  = {Some Exact Ramsey-Tur\'an Numbers},
  author = {József Balogh and John Lenz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.4472},
  year   = {2013}
}

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