Paper 1, Section II, F
Part II, 2010
(a) Define the Ramsey number . Show that for all integers the Ramsey number exists and that .
(b) For any graph , let denote the least positive integer such that in any red-blue colouring of the edges of the complete graph there must be a monochromatic copy of .
(i) How do we know that exists for every graph ?
(ii) Let be a positive integer. Show that, whenever the edge of are red-blue coloured, there must be a monochromatic copy of the complete bipartite graph .
(iii) Suppose is odd. By exhibiting a suitable colouring of , show that .
(iv) Suppose instead is even. What is Justify your answer.