Complete graphs and complete bipartite graphs without rainbow path

Xihe Li, Ligong Wang, Xiangxiang Liu

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Abstract

Motivated by Ramsey-type questions, we consider edge-colorings of complete graphs and complete bipartite graphs without rainbow path. Given two graphs G and H, the k-colored Gallai–Ramsey number gr k (G:H) is defined to be the minimum integer n such that [Formula Presented] and for every N≥n, every rainbow G-free coloring (using all k colors) of the complete graph K N contains a monochromatic copy of H. In this paper, we first provide some exact values and bounds of gr k (P 5 :K t ). Moreover, we define the k-colored bipartite Gallai–Ramsey number bgr k (G:H) as the minimum integer n such that n 2 ≥k and for every N≥n, every rainbow G-free coloring (using all k colors) of the complete bipartite graph K N,N contains a monochromatic copy of H. Furthermore, we describe the structures of complete bipartite graph K n,n with no rainbow P 4 and P 5 , respectively. Finally, we find the exact values of bgr k (P 4 :K s,t ) (1≤s≤t), bgr k (P 4 :F) (where F is a subgraph of K s,t ), bgr k (P 5 :K 1,t ) and bgr k (P 5 :K 2,t ) by using the structural results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2116-2126
Number of pages11
JournalDiscrete Mathematics
Volume342
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019

Keywords

  • Bipartite Gallai–Ramsey number
  • Gallai–Ramsey number
  • Rainbow path

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