A degree version of the Burr-Erdős conjecture on trees

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Main Authors: Katz, Jasmin, Pavez-Signé, Matías, Skokan, Jozef
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author Katz, Jasmin
Pavez-Signé, Matías
Skokan, Jozef
author_facet Katz, Jasmin
Pavez-Signé, Matías
Skokan, Jozef
contents An old conjecture of Burr and Erd\H os states that the Ramsey number of any $n$-vertex tree $T$ is at most $2n-2$. In 2012, Schelp asked whether a degree version of the Burr--Erdős conjecture holds. More precisely, Schelp asked if is it true that for any $\varepsilon>0$ and $Δ\ge 2$, if $G$ is a graph on $N\ge (2+\varepsilon)n$ vertices and minimum degree $δ(G)\ge \lfloor 3N/4\rfloor$, then every blue/red colouring of the edges of $G$ yields a monochromatic copy of each $n$-vertex tree with maximum degree at most $Δ$. We prove this conjecture in a strong form, showing that it is true even if one removes the extra $\varepsilon n$ term in the size of the host graph.
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spellingShingle A degree version of the Burr-Erdős conjecture on trees
Katz, Jasmin
Pavez-Signé, Matías
Skokan, Jozef
Combinatorics
An old conjecture of Burr and Erd\H os states that the Ramsey number of any $n$-vertex tree $T$ is at most $2n-2$. In 2012, Schelp asked whether a degree version of the Burr--Erdős conjecture holds. More precisely, Schelp asked if is it true that for any $\varepsilon>0$ and $Δ\ge 2$, if $G$ is a graph on $N\ge (2+\varepsilon)n$ vertices and minimum degree $δ(G)\ge \lfloor 3N/4\rfloor$, then every blue/red colouring of the edges of $G$ yields a monochromatic copy of each $n$-vertex tree with maximum degree at most $Δ$. We prove this conjecture in a strong form, showing that it is true even if one removes the extra $\varepsilon n$ term in the size of the host graph.
title A degree version of the Burr-Erdős conjecture on trees
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02389