A Disproof of a Conjecture of Erdos in Ramsey Theory

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  • ANDREW THOMASON
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Denote by kt(G) the number of complete subgraphs of order f in the graph G. Let where G denotes the complement of G and \G\ the number of vertices. A well-known conjecture of Erdos, related to Ramsey's theorem, is that Mmn^K ct(ri) = 2 ~*. This latter number is the proportion of monochromatic Kt's in a random colouring of Kn. We present counterexamples to this conjecture and discuss properties of the extremal graphs.

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تاریخ انتشار 1989