Graph classes and Ramsey numbers

被引:13
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作者
Belmonte, Remy [1 ]
Heggernes, Pinar [1 ]
van 't Hof, Pim [1 ]
Rafiey, Arash [1 ]
Saei, Reza [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bergen, Dept Informat, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
关键词
Graph classes; Ramsey numbers; Claw-free graphs; Perfect graphs; INDEPENDENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.dam.2014.03.016
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
For a graph class g and any two positive integers i and j, the Ramsey number R-g (i, j) is the smallest positive integer such that every graph in g on at least R-g (i, j) vertices has a clique of size i or an independent set of size j. For the class of all graphs, Ramsey numbers are notoriously hard to determine, and they are known only for very small values of i and j. Even if we restrict g to be the class of claw-free graphs, it is highly unlikely that a formula for determining R-g (i, j) for all values of i and j will ever be found, as there are infinitely many nontrivial Ramsey numbers for claw-free graphs that are as difficult to determine as for arbitrary graphs. Motivated by this difficulty, we establish here exact formulas for all Ramsey numbers for three important subclasses of claw-free graphs: line graphs, long circular interval graphs, and fuzzy circular interval graphs. On the way to obtaining these results, we also establish all Ramsey numbers for the class of perfect graphs. Such positive results for graph classes are rare: a formula for determining R-g (i, j) for all values of i and j, when g is the class of planar graphs, was obtained by Steinberg and Tovey (1993), and this seems to be the only previously known result of this kind. We complement our aforementioned results by giving exact formulas for determining all Ramsey numbers for several graph classes related to perfect graphs. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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