Keywords
Graph theory, Bipartite Ramsey number, double star, Tur´an number
Abstract
The core idea of Ramsey theory is that complete disorder is impossible. Given a large structure, no matter how complex it is, we can always find a smaller substructure that has some sort of order. For positive integers $n, m$, the double star $S(n,m)$ is the graph consisting of the disjoint union of two stars $K_{1,n}$ and $K_{1,m}$ together with an edge joining their centers. The $k$-color bipartite Ramsey number of $ S(n,m)$, denoted by $r_{bip}(S(n,m);k)$, is the smallest integer $N$ such that, in any $k$-coloring of the edges of the complete bipartite graph $K_{N,N}$, there is a monochromatic copy of $S(n,m)$. The study of bipartite Ramsey numbers was initiated in the early 1970s by Faudree and Schelp and, independently, by Gy\'arf\'as and Lehel. The exact value of $r_{bip}(S(n,m);k)$ is only known for $n=m=1$ and all $k\ge2$. Here we prove that if $k=2$ and $n\ge m$, or $k\ge3$ and $n\ge 2m$, then
\[ r_{bip}(S(n,m);k)=kn+1.\]
For $k \geq 3$ and $m \leq n < 2m$, we prove that,
\[\max\{kn + 1, (2k-4)m+1\} \leq r_{bip}(S(n,m) ; k) \leq \max\left\{ kn + 1, \left[2k - 1 - \frac{1}{2k} - O\left(\frac{1}{k^2}\right)\right]m + 1 \right \},\]
where the lower bound is due to DeBiasio, Gy\'arf\'as, Krueger, Ruszink\'o, and S\'ark\"ozy in 2019.
Thesis Completion Year
2024
Thesis Completion Semester
Spring
Thesis Chair
Song, Zi-Xia
College
College of Sciences
Department
Mathematics
Thesis Discipline
Mathematics
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus Access
None
Campus Location
Orlando (Main) Campus
STARS Citation
DeCamillis, Gregory M., "Multicolor Bipartite Ramsey Number of Double Stars" (2024). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 99.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hut2024/99