Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5771585 | Finite Fields and Their Applications | 2017 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
For two given graphs G1 and G2, the Ramsey number R(G1,G2) is the smallest integer N such that for any graph of order N, either G contains a copy of G1 or its complement contains a copy of G2. Let Cm be a cycle of length m and K1,n a star of order n+1. Parsons (1975) [6] shows that R(C4,K1,n)â¤n+ânâ1â+2 for all nâ¥2 and the equality holds if n is the square of a prime power. Let q be a prime power. In this paper, we first construct a graph Îq on q2â1 vertices without C4 by using the Galois field Fq, and then we prove that R(C4,K1,(qâ1)2+t)=(qâ1)2+q+t for qâ¥4 is even and t=1,0,â2, and R(C4,K1,q(qâ1)ât)=q2ât for qâ¥5 is odd and t=2,4,...,2âq4â.
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Authors
Xuemei Zhang, Yaojun Chen, T.C. Edwin Cheng,