Title
Ramsey-minimal graphs for star-forests
Abstract
It is shown that if G and H are star-forests with no single edge stars, then (G, H) is Ramsey-finite if and only if both G and H are single stars with an odd number of edges. Further (S\"m @?kS\"1, S\"n @?tS\"1) is Ramsey-finite when m and n are odd, where S\"i denotes a star with i edges. In general, for G and H star-forests, (G@?kS\"1, H@?tS\"1) can be shown to be Ramsey-finite or Ramsey-infinite depending on the choice of G, H, k, and l with the general case unsettled. This disproves the conjecture given in [2] where it is suggested that the pair of graphs (L, M) is Ramsey-finite if and only if (1) either L or M is a matching, or (2) both L and M are star-forests of the type S\"m @?kS\"1, m odd and k = 0.
Year
DOI
Venue
1981
10.1016/0012-365X(81)90266-1
Discrete Mathematics
Field
DocType
Volume
Discrete mathematics,Graph,Combinatorics,Stars,Parity (mathematics),Conjecture,Mathematics
Journal
33
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
Discrete Mathematics
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.16
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefan A. Burr111032.22
P Erdös2626190.85
R.J. Faudree318942.73
C.C Rousseau4298.57
Richard H. Schelp527461.72