Sharp Ramsey thresholds for large books
Abstract
For graphs G and H, let $G\rightarrow H$ signify that any red/blue edge coloring of G contains a monochromatic H. Let $G(N,p)$ be the random graph of order N and edge probability p. The Ramsey thresholds for fixed graphs have received most attention. In this paper, we consider the Ramsey thresholds in another angle. In particular, we will consider the sharp Ramsey threshold for the large book graph $B_{n}^{(k)}$, which consists of n copies of $K_{k+1}$ all sharing a common $K_{k}$. In particular, for every fixed integer $k\ge2$ and for any real $c>1$, let $N=c2^{k}n$. Then for any real $\gamma>0$, $$lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}Pr(G(N,p)\rightarrow B_{n}^{(k)})=\begin{cases}0&if~p\le\frac{1}{c^{1/k}}(1-\gamma),\\ 1&if~p\ge\frac{1}{c^{1/k}}(1+\gamma).\end{cases}$$ This implies that $r(B_{n}^{(k)})=2^{k}n+o(n)$, and hence especially extends the work of Conlon (2019) and the follow-up work of Conlon, Fox, and Wigderson (2022) on book Ramsey numbers.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Limits and Structures in Graph Theory
Advanced Topology and Set Theory
Computability
Logic
AI Algorithms
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Combinatorics
- Publisher
- International Press of Boston
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 369–387
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN