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Ordered matchings versus triangles via pseudorandom triangle-free graphs

Sep 2026 · 0 citations · 10 references
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For ordered graphs $H_1,\ldots,H_t$, let $\rt(H_1,\ldots,H_t)$ denote the least integer $N$ such that every $t$-coloring of the edges of the naturally ordered complete graph on $[N]$ contains an ordered copy of $H_i$ in color $i$ for some $i\in[t]$. We prove that a uniformly random ordered matching $M$ on $n$ vertices with interval chromatic number two asymptotically almost surely satisfies \[ \rt(K_3,M) =\Omega\left(\frac{n^{4/3}}{(\log n)^{1/3}}\right). \] This strengthens the lower bound $\Omega((n/\log n)^{5/4})$ of Balko and Poljak for such random matchings and improves the general existential lower bound of Conlon, Fox, Lee and Sudakov by a factor of $\log n$. The proof combines pseudorandom triangle-free graphs, a coarse encoding of order-preserving embeddings, and a permutation avoidance estimate derived from Br\`egman's inequality.

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