Independence ratio conjecture for the distance graphs {1,6,k}\{1,6,k\}

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Let G(S)G(S) be the distance graph on the integers with generating set SS, and let α‾(S)\overline{\alpha}(S) denote its maximum density of an independent set. Let k>6k>6 with k∉{7,10,12,17}k\notin\{7,10,12,17\}. The independence ratio conjecture.

α‾({1,6,k})={3k7k+7if k≡0(mod7),37if k≡1(mod7),3k+17k+7if k≡2(mod7),3k−27k+7if k≡3(mod7),3k+27k+7if k≡4(mod7),3k−17k+7if k≡5(mod7),37if k≡6(mod7).\overline{\alpha}(\{1,6,k\})= \begin{cases} \frac{3k}{7k+7} & \text{if } k\equiv 0\pmod{7},\\ \frac{3}{7} & \text{if } k\equiv 1\pmod{7},\\ \frac{3k+1}{7k+7} & \text{if } k\equiv 2\pmod{7},\\ \frac{3k-2}{7k+7} & \text{if } k\equiv 3\pmod{7},\\ \frac{3k+2}{7k+7} & \text{if } k\equiv 4\pmod{7},\\ \frac{3k-1}{7k+7} & \text{if } k\equiv 5\pmod{7},\\ \frac{3}{7} & \text{if } k\equiv 6\pmod{7}. \end{cases}

The source notes that the proposed extremal sets are proved for all residue classes except k≡3(mod7)k\equiv3\pmod 7, so the displayed formula remains conjectural in that class.

References

Primary source

James M. Carraher, David Galvin, Stephen G. Hartke, A. J. Radcliff and Derrick Stolee, “On the independence ratio of distance graphs”, arXiv:1401.7183 (2014).

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