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Ramsey, Paper, Scissors
- Source :
- Random Structures & Algorithms. 57:1157-1173
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- We introduce a graph Ramsey game called Ramsey, Paper, Scissors. This game has two players, Proposer and Decider. Starting from an empty graph on $n$ vertices, on each turn Proposer proposes a potential edge and Decider simultaneously decides (without knowing Proposer's choice) whether to add it to the graph. Proposer cannot propose an edge which would create a triangle in the graph. The game ends when Proposer has no legal moves remaining, and Proposer wins if the final graph has independence number at least $s$. We prove a threshold phenomenon exists for this game by exhibiting randomized strategies for both players that are optimal up to constants. Namely, there exist constants $0B\sqrt{n}\log{n}$. This is a factor of $\Theta(\sqrt{\log{n}})$ larger than the lower bound coming from the off-diagonal Ramsey number $r(3,s)$.
- Subjects :
- Computer Science::Computer Science and Game Theory
Applied Mathematics
General Mathematics
Combinatorial game theory
0102 computer and information sciences
01 natural sciences
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Upper and lower bounds
Combinatorics
010201 computation theory & mathematics
TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY
FOS: Mathematics
Mathematics - Combinatorics
Graph (abstract data type)
Combinatorics (math.CO)
Ramsey's theorem
Null graph
Software
MathematicsofComputing_DISCRETEMATHEMATICS
Mathematics
Independence number
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10982418 and 10429832
- Volume :
- 57
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Random Structures & Algorithms
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3e7d3385ac01fa15aa68ba7222a3ed7f