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Abstract For k given graphs G 1 , G 2 , ... , G k , k ≥ 2 , the k -color Ramsey number, denoted by R (G 1 , G 2 , ... , G k) , is the smallest integer N such that if we arbitrarily color the edges of a complete graph of order N with k colors, then it always contains a monochromatic copy of G i colored with i , for some 1 ≤ i ≤ k. Let C m be a cycle of length m and K 1 , n a star of order n + 1. In this paper, firstly we give a general upper bound of R (C 4 , C 4 , ... , C 4 , K 1 , n). In particular, for the 3-color case, we have R (C 4 , C 4 , K 1 , n) ≤ n + 4 n + 5 + 3 and this bound is tight in some sense. Furthermore, we prove that R (C 4 , C 4 , K 1 , n) ≤ n + 4 n + 5 + 2 for all n = ℓ 2 − ℓ and ℓ ≥ 2 , and if ℓ is a prime power, then the equality holds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For two given graphs G 1 and G 2 , the Ramsey number R ( G 1 , G 2 ) is the smallest integer N such that for any graph of order N , either G contains a copy of G 1 or its complement contains a copy of G 2 . Let C m be a cycle of length m and K 1 , n a star of order n + 1 . Parsons (1975) shows that R ( C 4 , K 1 , n ) ≤ n + ⌊ n − 1 ⌋ + 2 and if n is the square of a prime power, then the equality holds. In this paper, by discussing the properties of polarity graphs whose vertices are points in the projective planes over Galois fields, we prove that R ( C 4 , K 1 , q 2 − t ) = q 2 + q − ( t − 1 ) if q is an odd prime power, 1 ≤ t ≤ 2 ⌈ q 4 ⌉ and t ≠ 2 ⌈ q 4 ⌉ − 1 , which extends a result on R ( C 4 , K 1 , q 2 − t ) obtained by Parsons (1976). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]