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11 claims from 7 papers

1. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Sharp thresholds of graph properties, and the $k$-sat problem

   Friedgut and Bourgain · Journal of the American Mathematical Society · 1999

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   1. Unchecked“As an application of the main theorem we settle the question of the existence of a sharp threshold for the satisfiability of a random $k$-CNF formula.”
   2. Unchecked“We show that if $d\mu _p(P)/dp$ is small (corresponding to a non-sharp threshold), then there is a list of graphs of bounded size such that $P$ can be approximated by the property of having one of the graphs as a subgraph.”
   3. Unchecked“One striking consequence of this result is that a coarse threshold for a random graph property can only happen when the value of the critical edge probability is a rational power of $n$.”

2. Mathematics › Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics

   Computer solution to the 17-point Erdős-Szekeres problem

   Szekeres and Peters · The ANZIAM Journal · 2006

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   1. Supported · 71%“We describe a computer proof of the 17-point version of a conjecture originally made by Klein-Szekeres in 1932 (now commonly known as the “Happy End Problem”) that a planar configuration of 17 points, no 3 points collinear, always contains a convex 6-subset.”

3. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Числа независимости и хроматические числа случайных подграфов некоторых дистанционных графов

   Bogolubsky, Гусев, Pyaderkin and Raigorodskii · Математический сборник · 2015

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   1. Unchecked“Найдены нетривиальные нижние и верхние оценки числа независимости и хроматического числа таких графов.”The quote is not in the paper's abstract: it may be from the body of the paper, which is not checked here.
   2. Unchecked“В случае, когда $r-s$ есть степень простого числа и $r\leq 2s+1$, удалось установить порядок $\alpha(\mathscr{G}(G(n,r,s), p))$ и $\chi(\mathscr{G}(G(n,r,s), p))$.”

4. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   On the Size-Ramsey Number of Cycles

   Javadi, Khoeini, Omidi and Pokrovskiy · Combinatorics Probability Computing · 2019

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   1. Unchecked“We give an alternative proof of $\hat{R}_{k}(C_{n})\leq c_k n$, avoiding the use of the regularity lemma.”

5. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   An exponential improvement for diagonal Ramsey

   Campos, Griffiths, Morris and Sahasrabudhe · Annals of Mathematics · 2026

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   1. Unchecked“We prove that \[ R(k) \leqslant (4 - \varepsilon)^k \] for some constant $\varepsilon > 0$.”

6. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Set-coloring Ramsey numbers via codes

   Conlon, Fox, He, Mubayi, Suk and Verstraëte · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

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   1. Unchecked“We prove general upper and lower bounds on $R(n;r,s)$ which imply that $R(n;r,s) = 2^{Θ(nr)}$ if $s/r$ is bounded away from $0$ and $1$.”

7. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Ramsey Numbers with Prescribed Rate of Growth

   Pavez‐Signé, Piga and Sanhueza‐Matamala · The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics · 2023

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   1. Unchecked“In contrast, we also show that an analogous statement does not hold for hypergraphs of uniformity at least $5$.”
   2. Unchecked“We also use our techniques to answer a question posed by DeBiasio about the existence of sequences of graphs whose $2$-colour Ramsey number is linear whereas their $3$-colour Ramsey number has superlinear growth.”