On the 3-Color Ramsey Numbers R(C4, C4, Wn)

Xuemei Zhang, Yaojun Chen, T. C.Edwin Cheng

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Abstract

For given graphs G1, G2, ⋯ , Gk, k≥ 2 , the k-color Ramsey number, denoted by R(G1, G2, … , Gk) , is the smallest integer N such that if we arbitrarily color the edges of a complete graph of order N with k colors, then it always contains a monochromatic copy of Gi in color i, for some 1 ≤ i≤ k. Let Cm be a cycle of length m and Wn a wheel of order n+ 1. In this paper, we show that R(C4,C4,Wn)≤n+⌈4n+5⌉+3 for n= 42 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 or n≥ 56. Furthermore, we prove that R(C4,C4,Wℓ2-ℓ)≤ℓ2+ℓ+2 for ℓ≥ 9 , and if ℓ is a prime power, then the equality holds.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103
JournalGraphs and Combinatorics
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Multicolor Ramsey number
  • Quadrilateral
  • Wheel

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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