Density of monochromatic infinite paths (Q1627204)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Density of monochromatic infinite paths
scientific article

    Statements

    Density of monochromatic infinite paths (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    22 November 2018
    0 references
    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)].
    0 references
    infinite paths
    0 references
    Ramsey theory
    0 references
    density of monochromatic subgraphs
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references