For graphs
n id="mmlsi88" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si88.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=0cd4f66aa328ada87d3f6e518b8b089b" title="Click to view the MathML source">G1,G2,G3n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>, the three-color Ramsey
number
n id="mmlsi89" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si89.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=f0795d8b998646ad2f30b882c1aba637" title="Click to view the MathML source">R(G1,G2,G3)n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> is the smal
lest i
nteger
n id="mmlsi90" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si90.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=dd570645ebbfb773d29f40827b5a4a1a" title="Click to view the MathML source">nn>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> such that if we arbitrarily color the edges of the comp
lete graph of order
n id="mmlsi90" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si90.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=dd570645ebbfb773d29f40827b5a4a1a" title="Click to view the MathML source">nn>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> with 3 colors, the
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nochromatic copy of
n id="mmlsi92" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si92.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=3c2acc4a1e7968ffefa3e07bde2b5345" title="Click to view the MathML source">Gin>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> i
n color
n id="mmlsi93" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si93.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=2d1bb3a51e67ce3ea4184dbe292401db" title="Click to view the MathML source">in>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>, for some
n id="mmlsi94" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si94.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=03cfd5f99f17fb18d61014c096f61834" title="Click to view the MathML source">1≤i≤3n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>.
First, we prove that the conjectured equality n id="mmlsi95" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si95.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=a018f833fa772413ca8bcbb169c2f9d0" title="Click to view the MathML source">R(C2n,C2n,C2n)=4nn>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>, if true, implies that n id="mmlsi96" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si96.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=81d4d0a2e382d6be7f14b7e7ad145686" title="Click to view the MathML source">R(P2n+1,P2n+1,P2n+1)=4n+1n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> for all n id="mmlsi97" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si97.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=38dd90d7f716299182177e5ab43545e6" title="Click to view the MathML source">n≥3n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>. We also obtain two new exact values n id="mmlsi98" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si98.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=bef50d99914bc119417487940b8f8715" title="Click to view the MathML source">R(P8,P8,P8)=14n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> and n id="mmlsi99" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si99.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=1b89362bfd9b4b6fbce9a0ec920643ee" title="Click to view the MathML source">R(P9,P9,P9)=17n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>, furthermore we do so without help of computer algorithms. Our results agree with a formula n id="mmlsi100" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si100.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=cb889efead1c2c40e9f4d833b0591f89" title="Click to view the MathML source">R(Pn,Pn,Pn)=2n−2+(nmod2)n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> which was proved for sufficiently large n id="mmlsi90" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si90.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=dd570645ebbfb773d29f40827b5a4a1a" title="Click to view the MathML source">nn>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n> by Gyárfás, Ruszinkó, Sárközy, and Szemerédi (2007). This provides more evidence for the conjecture that the latter holds for all n id="mmlsi102" class="mathmlsrc">n class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0166218X15005417&_mathId=si102.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0166218X15005417&_rdoc=1&_issn=0166218X&md5=eddaed538cebf59f4a4300f3ce99e4f5" title="Click to view the MathML source">n≥1n>n class="mathContainer hidden">n class="mathCode">n>n>n>.