The Ramsey number of a certain forest respect to a small wheel

Wayan Sudarsana1, E.T. Baskoro1, Hilda Assiyatun1, Saladin Uttunggadewa1
1Combinatorial Mathematics Research Division Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Jalan Ganesha No. 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia.

Abstract

In this paper, we determine the Ramsey number for the disjoint union of graphs versus a graph \( H \), especially \( R\left(\bigcup_{i=1}^{k} l_i S_{n_i}(1,1), W_6\right) \), \( R\left(\bigcup_{i=1}^{k} l_i S_{n_i}(1,2), W_6\right) \), and \( R\left(\bigcup_{i=1}^k l_i S_{n_i}, W_4\right) \).

Keywords: Ramsey number, union graph, good graph, forest, star forest, wheel, star.