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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Linear Level Lasserre Lower Bounds for Certain k-CSPs

   Schoenebeck · Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science · 2008

   The paper shows that a high level of the Lasserre hierarchy cannot disprove random k-CSP instances, which gives integrality gaps for problems such as vertex cover and hypergraph independent set.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says its work is the first construction of an integrality gap for the Lasserre hierarchy, a method for approximating hard optimisation problems.“This is the first construction of a Lasserre integrality gap.”

2. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   On graphs with small Ramsey numbers*

   Kostochka and Rödl · Journal of Graph Theory · 2001

   The paper bounds Ramsey numbers of certain bipartite graphs by a linear function of the size of one side, answering a question of Trotter, and gives a weaker bound for a related class of graphs.

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   1. UncheckedFor bipartite graphs with one side's degrees at most d and the other side small (at most |W|^γ), the Ramsey number is at most a constant times |W|.“We show that for every positive integer d and each γ,0 < γ < 1, there exists k = k ( d ,γ) such that for every bipartite graph G = ( W , U ; E ) with the maximum degree of vertices in W at most d and $|U|\leq |W|^{\gamma }$ , $R(G)\leq k|W|$ .”