Three-color online Ramsey numbers $\tilde{r}(P_3,P_3,P_{\ell})$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_3, C_{\ell})$

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author Zhi, Hexuan
Zhang, Yanbo
author_facet Zhi, Hexuan
Zhang, Yanbo
contents For given graphs $G_1, \ldots, G_k$, let $\tilde{r}(G_1, \ldots, G_k)$ denote their online Ramsey number. In an influential paper on the online Ramsey numbers for paths and cycles, Cyman, Dzido, Lapinskas, and Lo (Electron. J. Combin., 2015) determined the exact values of $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_{\ell})$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, C_{\ell})$. They also conjectured the exact value of $\tilde{r}(P_4, P_{\ell})$ and the limit of $\tilde{r}(P_k, P_{\ell})/\ell$ as $\ell \to \infty$ for $k \ge 5$. The former conjecture was independently confirmed by Bednarska-Bzdȩga (European J. Combin., 2024) and Y.B. Zhang and Y.X. Zhang (arXiv:2302.13640), while the latter was disproved by Mond and Portier (European J. Combin., 2024). In this paper, we extend this line of research to the three-color setting and establish the exact value of $\tilde{r}(P_3,P_3,P_{\ell})$ for $\ell\ge 2$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_3, C_{\ell})$ for $\ell \ge 16$.
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spellingShingle Three-color online Ramsey numbers $\tilde{r}(P_3,P_3,P_{\ell})$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_3, C_{\ell})$
Zhi, Hexuan
Zhang, Yanbo
Combinatorics
For given graphs $G_1, \ldots, G_k$, let $\tilde{r}(G_1, \ldots, G_k)$ denote their online Ramsey number. In an influential paper on the online Ramsey numbers for paths and cycles, Cyman, Dzido, Lapinskas, and Lo (Electron. J. Combin., 2015) determined the exact values of $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_{\ell})$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, C_{\ell})$. They also conjectured the exact value of $\tilde{r}(P_4, P_{\ell})$ and the limit of $\tilde{r}(P_k, P_{\ell})/\ell$ as $\ell \to \infty$ for $k \ge 5$. The former conjecture was independently confirmed by Bednarska-Bzdȩga (European J. Combin., 2024) and Y.B. Zhang and Y.X. Zhang (arXiv:2302.13640), while the latter was disproved by Mond and Portier (European J. Combin., 2024). In this paper, we extend this line of research to the three-color setting and establish the exact value of $\tilde{r}(P_3,P_3,P_{\ell})$ for $\ell\ge 2$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_3, C_{\ell})$ for $\ell \ge 16$.
title Three-color online Ramsey numbers $\tilde{r}(P_3,P_3,P_{\ell})$ and $\tilde{r}(P_3, P_3, C_{\ell})$
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22587