Ramsey goodness of paths

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Abstract: Given a pair of graphs G and H, the Ramsey number R(G,H) is the smallest N such that every red-blue coloring of the edges of the complete graph KN contains a red copy of G or a blue copy of H. If graph G is connected, it is well known and easy to show that R(G,H)geq(|G|1)(chi(H)1)+sigma(H), where chi(H) is the chromatic number of H and sigma the size of the smallest color class in a chi(H)-coloring of H. A graph G is called H-good if R(G,H)=(|G|1)(chi(H)1)+sigma(H). The notion of Ramsey goodness was introduced by Burr and ErdH{o}s in 1983 and has been extensively studied since then. In this short note we prove that n-vertex path Pn is H-good for all ngeq4|H|. This proves in a strong form a conjecture of Allen, Brightwell, and Skokan.









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