A Canonical Ramsey Theorem with List Constraints in Random (Hyper-)graphs

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Authors: José D. Alvarado, Yoshiharu Kohayakawa, Patrick Morris, Guilherme Oliveira Mota
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Abstract

The celebrated canonical Ramsey theorem of Erdős and Rado implies that for a given $k$-uniform hypergraph (or $k$-graph) $H$, if $n$ is sufficiently large then any colouring of the edges of the complete $k$-graph $K^{(k)}_n$ gives rise to copies of $H$ that exhibit certain colour patterns. We are interested in sparse random versions of this result and the thresholds at which the random $k$-graph ${\mathbf G}^{(k)}(n,p)$ inherits the canonical Ramsey properties of $K^{(k)}_n$. Our main result here pins down this threshold when we focus on colourings that are constrained by some prefixed lists. This result is applied in an accompanying work of the authors on the threshold for the canonical Ramsey property (with no list constraints) in the case that $H$ is a (2-uniform) even cycle.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Limits and Structures in Graph Theory Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics Advanced Topology and Set Theory

Publication details

Journal / source
The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Volume
33
Issue
1
Publication date
26 February 2026
Language
EN