Gyárfás and Sárközy's minimum-degree conjecture for monochromatic components

Fix k3k\geq 3. Let GG be a graph with nn vertices and minimum degree satisfying

δ(G)(1k1k2)n.\delta(G)\geq\left(1-\frac{k-1}{k^2}\right)n.

If the edges of GG are kk-coloured, meaning that each edge receives one of kk colours, then Gyárfás and Sárközy's conjecture. there exists a monochromatic component of order at least

nk1.\frac{n}{k-1}.

This conjecture asks how far the complete-graph result for kk-edge-colourings extends to graphs with large but not necessarily complete minimum degree. The source notes that Gyárfás and Sárközy had already proved the existence of some constant εk>0\varepsilon_k>0 for which minimum degree at least (1εk)n(1-\varepsilon_k)n suffices; the stated threshold and conclusion remain the conjectured sharp form.

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Hannah Guggiari and Alex Scott, “Monochromatic Components in Edge-Coloured Graphs with Large Minimum Degree”, arXiv:1909.09178 (2020).

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