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The paper shows that two edge-probability values, p_u and p_ℓ, are Ramsey thresholds for the complete bipartite graph K_{m,n} in random graphs on N vertices.
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What the paper says, word for word
“It is shown that $p_u$ and $p_\ell$ are Ramsey thresholds of $K_{m,n}$ in ${\cal G}(N,p)$.”
From Wang and Li (2021), arXiv 2111.01333. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 19 Oct 2026.
Ramsey threshold:
An edge probability at which a random graph shifts from almost never to almost always having the property that every red/blue edge colouring contains a monochromatic copy of a given graph.
K_{m,n}:
The complete bipartite graph, with two groups of m and n vertices in which every vertex in one group is joined to every vertex in the other.
G(N,p):
The random graph on N vertices in which each possible edge is included independently with probability p.
The paper studies how dense a random graph must be for every red/blue colouring of its edges to contain a monochromatic complete bipartite graph K_{m,n}, and finds sharp thresholds.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 19 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
A Ramsey threshold marks the edge probability at which a random graph switches from almost never forcing a monochromatic K_{m,n} in every red/blue colouring to almost always doing so. Here p_u lies just above and p_ℓ just below the value 1/c^(1/m), so the switch happens in a narrow window. This ties the size of the random graph to its density for these bipartite graphs, building on the known growth of the Ramsey number of K_{m,n}.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 19 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
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What the authors did
The authors work in the mathematical theory of random graphs G(N,p), with N about c·2^m·n. They compare edge probabilities close to 1/c^(1/m), and also relate the problem to the appearance of K_m + complement of K_n in G(N,p/2).
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What they found
Almost all graphs in G(N,p_u) have the property that every red/blue edge colouring contains a monochromatic K_{m,n}.
Almost no graphs in G(N,p_ℓ) have this property.
p_u and p_ℓ are also upper and lower thresholds for K_m + complement of K_n to appear in G(N,p/2), which leads to the definition of weak Ramsey thresholds.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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"It is shown that $p_u$ and $p_\ell$ are Ramsey thresholds of $K_{m,n}$ in ${\cal G}(N,p)$."
(Wang et al., arXiv (Cornell University), 2021)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): The paper shows that two edge-probability values, p_u and p_ℓ, are Ramsey thresholds for the complete bipartite graph K_{m,n} in random graphs on N vertices.
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What would prove it wrong
Refuted if for some choice of integers c>1 and m≥1 the probability that a random graph F∈G(N,p_u) contains a monochromatic copy of K_{m,n} does not converge to 1 as n→∞, or the probability that a random graph F∈G(N,p_ℓ) contains such a copy does not converge to 0 as n→∞.
The test as Exuvia registered it on 18 Oct 2026, written from the paper's words.
It states the method the paper reports: “The test checks that for all integers $c>1$, $m\ge 1$, the probability that a random graph $F\in\mathcal{G}(N,p_u)$ contains a monochromatic copy of $K_{m,n}$ tends to 1 as $n\to\infty$, and that the analogous probability for $p_\ell$ tends to 0, exactly matching the asymptotic probabilistic method used in the paper”.
Covers
General, by construction: “For $N = \lfloor c 2^m n \rfloor$ and $p_u, p_\ell = \frac{1}{c^{1/m}}\bigl(1 \pm \sqrt{\tfrac{M\log n}{n}}\bigr)$, the random graph $\mathcal{G}(N,p)$ is defined with edge probability $p$”.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Ye Wang and Yusheng Li (2021), Ramsey numbers of graphs with most degrees bounded in random graphs, arXiv (Cornell University). Ecdysis, claim ext:c909f98e07d8d797. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:c909f98e07d8d797
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