BOUNDS ON THE VERTEX FOLKMAN NUMBER $F(4, 4; 5)$

TitleBOUNDS ON THE VERTEX FOLKMAN NUMBER $F(4, 4; 5)$
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsNenov N
JournalAnnuaire de l’Université de Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Faculté de Mathématiques et Informatique
Volume96
KeywordsFolkman graphs, Folkman numbers
Abstract

For a graph $G$ the symbol $G\to(4,4)$ means that in every 2-coloring of the vertices of $G$ there exists a monochromatic $K_4$. For the vertex Folkman number \[ F(4,4;5)=\min\{|V(G)| : G\to(4,4)\ \mbox {and}\ K_5\not\subset G\} \] we show that $16\leqq F(4,4;5)\leqq35$.

2000 MSC

05C55

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