scholarly journals A Note on On-Line Ramsey Numbers for Some Paths

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dzido ◽  
Renata Zakrzewska
Keyword(s):  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
On Line ◽  
Infinite Set ◽  
Do So

We consider the important generalisation of Ramsey numbers, namely on-line Ramsey numbers. It is easiest to understand them by considering a game between two players, a Builder and Painter, on an infinite set of vertices. In each round, the Builder joins two non-adjacent vertices with an edge, and the Painter colors the edge red or blue. An on-line Ramsey number r˜(G,H) is the minimum number of rounds it takes the Builder to force the Painter to create a red copy of graph G or a blue copy of graph H, assuming that both the Builder and Painter play perfectly. The Painter’s goal is to resist to do so for as long as possible. In this paper, we consider the case where G is a path P4 and H is a path P10 or P11.

scholarly journals On-line Ramsey numbers for paths and stars

2008 ◽  
Vol Vol. 10 no. 3 (Graph and Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Grytczuk ◽  
H. A. Kierstead ◽  
P. Prałat
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
International Audience ◽  
On Line ◽  
Monochromatic Copy

Graphs and Algorithms International audience We study on-line version of size-Ramsey numbers of graphs defined via a game played between Builder and Painter: in one round Builder joins two vertices by an edge and Painter paints it red or blue. The goal of Builder is to force Painter to create a monochromatic copy of a fixed graph H in as few rounds as possible. The minimum number of rounds (assuming both players play perfectly) is the on-line Ramsey number r(H) of the graph H. We determine exact values of r(H) for a few short paths and obtain a general upper bound r(Pn) ≤ 4n −7. We also study asymmetric version of this parameter when one of the target graphs is a star Sn with n edges. We prove that r(Sn, H) ≤ n*e(H) when H is any tree, cycle or clique

scholarly journals On-line Ramsey Numbers of Paths and Cycles

10.37236/4097 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Cyman ◽  
Tomasz Dzido ◽  
John Lapinskas ◽  
Allan Lo
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Additive Constant ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
On Line

Consider a game played on the edge set of the infinite clique by two players, Builder and Painter. In each round, Builder chooses an edge and Painter colours it red or blue. Builder wins by creating either a red copy of $G$ or a blue copy of $H$ for some fixed graphs $G$ and $H$. The minimum number of rounds within which Builder can win, assuming both players play perfectly, is the on-line Ramsey number $\tilde{r}(G,H)$. In this paper, we consider the case where $G$ is a path $P_k$. We prove that $\tilde{r}(P_3,P_{\ell+1}) = \lceil 5\ell/4\rceil = \tilde{r}(P_3,C_{\ell})$ for all $\ell \ge 5$, and determine $\tilde{r}(P_4,P_{\ell+1})$ up to an additive constant for all $\ell \ge 3$. We also prove some general lower bounds for on-line Ramsey numbers of the form $\tilde{r}(P_{k+1},H)$.

scholarly journals Ramsey Numbers of Ordered Graphs

10.37236/7816 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Balko ◽  
Josef Cibulka ◽  
Karel Král ◽  
Jan Kynčl
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Complete Graph ◽  
Positive Answer ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Ordered Graphs ◽  
Constant Interval ◽  
Monochromatic Copy ◽  
Special Classes

An ordered graph is a pair $\mathcal{G}=(G,\prec)$ where $G$ is a graph and $\prec$ is a total ordering of its vertices. The ordered Ramsey number $\overline{R}(\mathcal{G})$ is the minimum number $N$ such that every ordered complete graph with $N$ vertices and with edges colored by two colors contains a monochromatic copy of $\mathcal{G}$. In contrast with the case of unordered graphs, we show that there are arbitrarily large ordered matchings $\mathcal{M}_n$ on $n$ vertices for which $\overline{R}(\mathcal{M}_n)$ is superpolynomial in $n$. This implies that ordered Ramsey numbers of the same graph can grow superpolynomially in the size of the graph in one ordering and remain linear in another ordering. We also prove that the ordered Ramsey number $\overline{R}(\mathcal{G})$ is polynomial in the number of vertices of $\mathcal{G}$ if the bandwidth of $\mathcal{G}$ is constant or if $\mathcal{G}$ is an ordered graph of constant degeneracy and constant interval chromatic number. The first result gives a positive answer to a question of Conlon, Fox, Lee, and Sudakov. For a few special classes of ordered paths, stars or matchings, we give asymptotically tight bounds on their ordered Ramsey numbers. For so-called monotone cycles we compute their ordered Ramsey numbers exactly. This result implies exact formulas for geometric Ramsey numbers of cycles introduced by Károlyi, Pach, Tóth, and Valtr.

scholarly journals The Ramsey Number $R(3,K_{10}-e)$ and Computational Bounds for $R(3,G)$

10.37236/3684 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Goedgebeur ◽  
Stanisław P. Radziszowski
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Computer Algorithms ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Open Case ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Graph Generation

Using computer algorithms we establish that the Ramsey number $R(3,K_{10}-e)$ is equal to 37, which solves the smallest open case for Ramsey numbers of this type. We also obtain new upper bounds for the cases of $R(3,K_k-e)$ for $11 \le k \le 16$, and show by construction a new lower bound $55 \le R(3,K_{13}-e)$.The new upper bounds on $R(3,K_k-e)$ are obtained by using the values and lower bounds on $e(3,K_l-e,n)$ for $l \le k$, where $e(3,K_k-e,n)$ is the minimum number of edges in any triangle-free graph on $n$ vertices without $K_k-e$ in the complement. We complete the computation of the exact values of $e(3,K_k-e,n)$ for all $n$ with $k \leq 10$ and for $n \leq 34$ with $k = 11$, and establish many new lower bounds on $e(3,K_k-e,n)$ for higher values of $k$.Using the maximum triangle-free graph generation method, we determine two other previously unknown Ramsey numbers, namely $R(3,K_{10}-K_3-e)=31$ and $R(3,K_{10}-P_3-e)=31$. For graphs $G$ on 10 vertices, besides $G=K_{10}$, this leaves 6 open cases of the form $R(3,G)$. The hardest among them appears to be $G=K_{10}-2K_2$, for which we establish the bounds $31 \le R(3,K_{10}-2K_2) \le 33$.

scholarly journals A Note on Restricted Online Ramsey Numbers of Matchings

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtěch Dvořák
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Short Note ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Minimum Number

Consider the following game between Builder and Painter. We take some families of graphs $\mathcal{G}_{1},\ldots,\mathcal{G}_t$ and an integer $n$ such that $n \geq R(\mathcal{G}_1,\ldots,\mathcal{G}_t)$. In each turn, Builder picks an edge of initially uncoloured $K_n$ and Painter colours that edge with some colour $i \in \left\{ 1,\ldots,t \right\}$ of her choice. The game ends when a graph $G_i$ in colour $i $ for some $G_i \in \mathcal{G}_i$ and some $i$ is created. The restricted online Ramsey number $\tilde{R}(\mathcal{G}_{1},\ldots,\mathcal{G}_t;n)$ is the minimum number of turns that Builder needs to guarantee the game to end. In a recent paper, Briggs and Cox studied the restricted online Ramsey numbers of matchings and determined a general upper bound for them. They proved that for $n=3r-1=R_2(r K_2)$ we have $\tilde{R}_{2}(r K_2;n) \leq n-1$ and asked whether this was tight. In this short note, we provide a general lower bound for these Ramsey numbers. As a corollary, we answer this question of Briggs and Cox, and confirm that for $n=3r-1$ we have $\tilde{R}_{2}(r K_2;n) = n-1$. We also show that for $n'=4r-2=R_3(r K_2)$ we have $\tilde{R}_{3}(r K_2;n') = 5r-4$.

June–September 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Frank Cranmer
Keyword(s):  
Annual Income ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Church Congregations ◽  
Charity Commission ◽  
On Line ◽  
Mail Address ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Do So

The Charity Commission for England and Wales published an updated list of the questions to be included in the 2018 Annual Return for registered charities. The trustees of charities excepted from registration with the Commission – which include a considerable number of church congregations – are not required to submit an annual return; but an increasing number find that they must do so because when an excepted charity's annual income exceeds £100,000 it loses its excepted status. The previously expressed intention to require every charity trustee to provide an e-mail address has been abandoned; instead, the Commission intends to ask all trustees either to supply an e-mail address or to confirm that they do not have one – which looks very like a welcome climbdown. The Commission's on-line Annual Return Service opened for submissions on 20 August.

scholarly journals Ramsey Numbers for Theta Graphs

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
M. M. M. Jaradat ◽  
M. S. A. Bataineh ◽  
S. M. E. Radaideh
Keyword(s):  
Complete Graph ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Subgraph Isomorphic

The graph Ramsey number is the smallest integer with the property that any complete graph of at least vertices whose edges are colored with two colors (say, red and blue) contains either a subgraph isomorphic to all of whose edges are red or a subgraph isomorphic to all of whose edges are blue. In this paper, we consider the Ramsey numbers for theta graphs. We determine , for . More specifically, we establish that for . Furthermore, we determine for . In fact, we establish that if is even, if is odd.

scholarly journals The Size, Multipartite Ramsey Numbers for nK2 Versus Path–Path and Cycle

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 764
Author(s):  
Yaser Rowshan ◽  
Mostafa Gholami ◽  
Stanford Shateyi
Keyword(s):  
Positive Integer ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Complete Multipartite Graph ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Multipartite Graph ◽  
Complete Multipartite ◽  
Monochromatic Copy

For given graphs G1,G2,…,Gn and any integer j, the size of the multipartite Ramsey number mj(G1,G2,…,Gn) is the smallest positive integer t such that any n-coloring of the edges of Kj×t contains a monochromatic copy of Gi in color i for some i, 1≤i≤n, where Kj×t denotes the complete multipartite graph having j classes with t vertices per each class. In this paper, we computed the size of the multipartite Ramsey numbers mj(K1,2,P4,nK2) for any j,n≥2 and mj(nK2,C7), for any j≤4 and n≥2.

Mixed Ramsey Numbers Revisited

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 653-660
Author(s):  
C. C. Rousseau ◽  
S. E. Speed
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Ramsey Number ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Ramsey Numbers ◽  
Dense Graphs

Given a graph Hwith no isolates, the (generalized) mixed Ramsey number is the smallest integer r such that every H-free graph of order r contains an m-element irredundant set. We consider some questions concerning the asymptotic behaviour of this number (i) with H fixed and , (ii) with m fixed and a sequence of dense graphs, in particular for the sequence . Open problems are mentioned throughout the paper.

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