Mohammed A. Mutar, Vaidy Sivaraman, Daniel Slilaty
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Abstract
Let r(s, t) be the classical 2-color Ramsey number; that is, the smallest integer n such that any edge 2-colored \(K_n\) contains either a monochromatic \(K_s\) of color 1 or \(K_t\) of color 2. Define the signed Ramsey number\(r_\pm (s,t)\) to be the smallest integer n for which any signing of \(K_n\) has a subgraph which switches to \(-K_s\) or \(+K_t\). We prove the following results.