Unavoidable patterns

dc.creatorFox, Jacob
dc.creatorSudakov, Benny
dc.date2008-03-16
dc.date2008-04-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:30:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:30:16Z
dc.descriptionLet \mathcal{F}_k denote the family of 2-edge-colored complete graphs on 2k vertices in which one color forms either a clique of order k or two disjoint cliques of order k. Bollobás conjectured that for every ε>0 and positive integer k there is an n(k,ε) such that every 2-edge-coloring of the complete graph of order n \geq n(k,ε) which has at least ε{n \choose 2} edges in each color contains a member of \mathcal{F}_k. This conjecture was proved by Cutler and Montágh, who showed that n(k,ε)<4^{k/ε}. We give a much simpler proof of this conjecture which in addition shows that n(k,ε)<ε^{-ck} for some constant c. This bound is tight up to the constant factor in the exponent for all k and ε. We also discuss similar results for tournaments and hypergraphs.
dc.description10 pages, corrected typos
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2375
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2375
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/158070
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject05C55; 05C20; 05D10
dc.titleUnavoidable patterns
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