Density of monochromatic infinite paths (Q1627204)

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Density of monochromatic infinite paths
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    Density of monochromatic infinite paths (English)
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    22 November 2018
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    Summary: For any subset \(A \subseteq \mathbb{N}\), we define its upper density to be \(\limsup_{n\rightarrow\infty}|A \cap \{1,\ldots,n\}|/n\). We prove that every \(2\)-edge-colouring of the complete graph on \(\mathbb{N}\) contains a monochromatic infinite path, whose vertex set has upper density at least \((9+\sqrt{17})/16\approx 0.82019\). This improves on results of \textit{P. Erdős} and \textit{F. Galvin} [Discrete Math. 113, No. 1--3, 59--70 (1993; Zbl 0787.05071)], and of \textit{L. DeBiasio} and \textit{P. McKenney} [``Density of monochromatic infinite subgraphs'', Combinatorica (to appear)].
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    infinite paths
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    Ramsey theory
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    density of monochromatic subgraphs
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