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Asymptotic Upper Bounds for Ramsey Functions

Yusheng Li1, Cecil C. Rousseau2 and Wenan Zang3

(1)   Department of Mathematics and Physics, Hehai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210098, P. R. China, CN
(2)   Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA, US
(3)   Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P. R. China e-mail: wzang@maths.hku.hk, CN
Abstract.   We show that for any graph G with N vertices and average degree d, if the average degree of any neighborhood induced subgraph is at most a, then the independence number of G is at least Nf a +1(d), where f a +1(d)=∫0 1(((1−t)1/( a +1))/(a+1+(da−1)t))dt. Based on this result, we prove that for any fixed k and l, there holds r(K k + l ,K n )≤ (l+o(1))n k /(logn) k −1. In particular, r(K k , K n )≤(1+o(1))n k −1/(log n) k −2.

Key words. Ramsey number - Independence number - Average degree - Convex function

Received: May 11, 1998 Final version received: March 24, 1999

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