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Triangles in a complete chromatic graph

Part of: Graph theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

A. W. Goodman
A. W. Goodman
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsUniversity of South FloridaTampa, Florida 33620, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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Suppose that in a complete graph on N points, each edge is given arbitrarily either the color red or the color blue, but the total number of blue edges is fixed at T. We find the minimum number of monochromatic triangles in the graph as a function of N and T. The maximum number of monochromatic triangles presents a more difficult problem. Here we propose a reasonable conjecture supported by examples.

MSC classification

Secondary: 05C15: Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , August 1985 , pp. 86 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1985

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