An exponential upper bound for induced Ramsey numbers

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Main Authors: Aragão, Lucas, Campos, Marcelo, Dahia, Gabriel, Filipe, Rafael, Marciano, João Pedro
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Published: 2025
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author Aragão, Lucas
Campos, Marcelo
Dahia, Gabriel
Filipe, Rafael
Marciano, João Pedro
author_facet Aragão, Lucas
Campos, Marcelo
Dahia, Gabriel
Filipe, Rafael
Marciano, João Pedro
contents The induced Ramsey number $R_{\mathrm{ind}}(H; r)$ of a graph $H$ is the minimum number $N$ such that there exists a graph with $N$ vertices for which all $r$-colourings of its edges contain a monochromatic induced copy of $H$. Our main result is the existence of a constant $C > 0$ such that, for every graph $H$ on $k$ vertices, these numbers satisfy \begin{equation*} R_{\mathrm{ind}}(H; r) \le r^{C r k}. \end{equation*} When $r = 2$, this resolves a conjecture of Erdős from 1975. For $r > 2$, it answers a question of Conlon, Fox and Sudakov in a strong form.
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spellingShingle An exponential upper bound for induced Ramsey numbers
Aragão, Lucas
Campos, Marcelo
Dahia, Gabriel
Filipe, Rafael
Marciano, João Pedro
Combinatorics
The induced Ramsey number $R_{\mathrm{ind}}(H; r)$ of a graph $H$ is the minimum number $N$ such that there exists a graph with $N$ vertices for which all $r$-colourings of its edges contain a monochromatic induced copy of $H$. Our main result is the existence of a constant $C > 0$ such that, for every graph $H$ on $k$ vertices, these numbers satisfy \begin{equation*} R_{\mathrm{ind}}(H; r) \le r^{C r k}. \end{equation*} When $r = 2$, this resolves a conjecture of Erdős from 1975. For $r > 2$, it answers a question of Conlon, Fox and Sudakov in a strong form.
title An exponential upper bound for induced Ramsey numbers
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22629