Upper bound on r(tree, complete multi-partite)
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For two graphs \( G\) and \( H\), let \( r(G,H)\) denote the smallest integer \( m\) satisfying the property that if the edges of the complete graph \( K_m\) are colored in red and blue, then there is either a subgraph isomorphic to \( G\) with all red edges or a subgraph isomorphic to \( H\) with all blue edges. The classical Ramsey numbers are those for the complete graphs and are denoted by \( r(s,t)= r(K_s, K_t)\).
Chvátal [1] proved that
\(\displaystyle r(T,K_m) = (m-1)(n-1)+1 \)
for any tree on \( n\) vertices. This result was generalized to graphs with small chromatic number. For a graph \( G\) with chromatic number \( \chi(G)\),
it was shown [3] that
\(\displaystyle r(T, G) = (\chi(G)-1)(n-1)+1\)
for any tree \( T\) on \( n\) vertices, provided \( n\) is sufficiently large.
Conjecture [2]
If \(m_1 \leq \ldots \leq m_k\), then \[ r(T,K_{m_1,\ldots,m_k}) \leq (\chi(G) -1) (r(T,K_{m_1,m_2})-1)+ m_1 \] where \(T\) is any tree on \(n\) vertices, and \(n\) is large enough.