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Long monochromatic paths and cycles in 2-edge-colored multipartite graphs

Authors :
Alexandr V. Kostochka
Xujun Liu
Mikhail Lavrov
József Balogh
Source :
Mosc. J. Comb. Number Theory 9, no. 1 (2020), 55-100
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
MSP, 2020.

Abstract

We solve four similar problems: For every fixed $s$ and large $n$, we describe all values of $n_1,\ldots,n_s$ such that for every $2$-edge-coloring of the complete $s$-partite graph $K_{n_1,\ldots,n_s}$ there exists a monochromatic (i) cycle $C_{2n}$ with $2n$ vertices, (ii) cycle $C_{\geq 2n}$ with at least $2n$ vertices, (iii) path $P_{2n}$ with $2n$ vertices, and (iv) path $P_{2n+1}$ with $2n+1$ vertices. This implies a generalization for large $n$ of the conjecture by Gy\'arf\'as, Ruszink\'o, S\'ark\H{o}zy and Szemer\'edi that for every $2$-edge-coloring of the complete $3$-partite graph $K_{n,n,n}$ there is a monochromatic path $P_{2n+1}$. An important tool is our recent stability theorem on monochromatic connected matchings.<br />Comment: 46 pages, 4 figures

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Mosc. J. Comb. Number Theory 9, no. 1 (2020), 55-100
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e4403a78e5efaba57971a4afbbaf147b