ramsey theory


Multicolour Erdős--Hajnal Conjecture ★★★

Author(s): Erdos; Hajnal

Conjecture   For every fixed $ k\geq2 $ and fixed colouring $ \chi $ of $ E(K_k) $ with $ m $ colours, there exists $ \varepsilon>0 $ such that every colouring of the edges of $ K_n $ contains either $ k $ vertices whose edges are coloured according to $ \chi $ or $ n^\varepsilon $ vertices whose edges are coloured with at most $ m-1 $ colours.

Keywords: ramsey theory

Geometric Hales-Jewett Theorem ★★

Author(s): Por; Wood

Conjecture   For all integers $ k\geq1 $ and $ \ell\geq3 $, there is an integer $ f(k,\ell) $ such that for every set $ P $ of at least $ f(k,\ell) $ points in the plane, if each point in $ P $ is assigned one of $ k $ colours, then:
    \item $ P $ contains $ \ell $ collinear points, or \item $ P $ contains a monochromatic line (that is, a maximal set of collinear points receiving the same colour)

Keywords: Hales-Jewett Theorem; ramsey theory

Exact colorings of graphs ★★

Author(s): Erickson

Conjecture   For $ c \geq m \geq 1 $, let $ P(c,m) $ be the statement that given any exact $ c $-coloring of the edges of a complete countably infinite graph (that is, a coloring with $ c $ colors all of which must be used at least once), there exists an exactly $ m $-colored countably infinite complete subgraph. Then $ P(c,m) $ is true if and only if $ m=1 $, $ m=2 $, or $ c=m $.

Keywords: graph coloring; ramsey theory

Monochromatic empty triangles ★★★

Author(s):

If $ X \subseteq {\mathbb R}^2 $ is a finite set of points which is 2-colored, an empty triangle is a set $ T \subseteq X $ with $ |T|=3 $ so that the convex hull of $ T $ is disjoint from $ X \setminus T $. We say that $ T $ is monochromatic if all points in $ T $ are the same color.

Conjecture   There exists a fixed constant $ c $ with the following property. If $ X \subseteq {\mathbb R}^2 $ is a set of $ n $ points in general position which is 2-colored, then it has $ \ge cn^2 $ monochromatic empty triangles.

Keywords: empty triangle; general position; ramsey theory

Erdös-Szekeres conjecture ★★★

Author(s): Erdos; Szekeres

Conjecture   Every set of $ 2^{n-2} + 1 $ points in the plane in general position contains a subset of $ n $ points which form a convex $ n $-gon.

Keywords: combinatorial geometry; Convex Polygons; ramsey theory

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