The anti-Ramsey threshold of complete graphs

For graphs $G$ and $H$, let G {\displaystyle\smash{\begin{subarray}{c} \hbox{\tiny\rm rb} \\ \longrightarrow \\ \hbox{\tiny\rm p} \end{subarray}}}H denote the property that for every proper edge-colouring of $G$ there is a rainbow $H$ in $G$. It is known that, for every graph $H$, an asymptotic upper bound for the threshold function $p^{\rm rb}_H=p^{\rm rb}_H(n)$ of this property for the random graph $G(n,p)$ is $n^{-1/m^{(2)}(H)}$, where $m^{(2)}(H)$ denotes the so-called maximum $2$-density of $H$. Extending a result of Nenadov, Person, \v{S}kori\'c, and Steger [J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 124 (2017),1-38] we prove a matching lower bound for $p^{\rm rb}_{K_k}$ for $k\geq 5$. Furthermore, we show that $p^{\rm rb}_{K_4} = n^{-7/15}$.Comment: 19 page

Large rainbow cliques in randomly perturbed dense graphs

For two graphs $G$ and $H$, write $G \stackrel{\mathrm{rbw}}{\longrightarrow} H$ if $G$ has the property that every {\sl proper} colouring of its edges yields a {\sl rainbow} copy of $H$. We study the thresholds for such so-called {\sl anti-Ramsey} properties in randomly perturbed dense graphs, which are unions of the form $G \cup \mathbb{G}(n,p)$, where $G$ is an $n$-vertex graph with edge-density at least $d$, and $d$ is a constant that does not depend on $n$. Our results in this paper, combined with our results in a companion paper, determine the threshold for the property $G \cup \mathbb{G}(n,p) \stackrel{\mathrm{rbw}}{\longrightarrow} K_s$ for every $s$. In this paper, we show that for $s \geq 9$ the threshold is $n^{-1/m_2(K_{\left\lceil s/2 \right\rceil})}$; in fact, our $1$-statement is a supersaturation result. This turns out to (almost) be the threshold for $s=8$ as well, but for every $4 \leq s \leq 7$, the threshold is lower; see our companion paper for more details. In this paper, we also consider the property $G \cup \mathbb{G}(n,p) \stackrel{\mathrm{rbw}}{\longrightarrow} C_{2\ell - 1}$, and show that the threshold for this property is $n^{-2}$ for every $\ell \geq 2$; in particular, it does not depend on the length of the cycle $C_{2\ell - 1}$. It is worth mentioning that for even cycles, or more generally for any fixed bipartite graph, no random edges are needed at all.Comment: 21 pages; some typos fixed in the last versio

Small rainbow cliques in randomly perturbed dense graphs

For two graphs $G$ and $H$, write $G \stackrel{\mathrm{rbw}}{\longrightarrow} H$ if $G$ has the property that every \emph{proper} colouring of its edges yields a \emph{rainbow} copy of $H$. We study the thresholds for such so-called \emph{anti-Ramsey} properties in randomly perturbed dense graphs, which are unions of the form $G \cup \mathbb{G}(n,p)$, where $G$ is an $n$-vertex graph with edge-density at least $d >0$, and $d$ is independent of $n$. In a companion article, we proved that the threshold for the property $G \cup \mathbb{G}(n,p) \stackrel{\mathrm{rbw}}{\longrightarrow} K_\ell$ is $n^{-1/m_2(K_{\left\lceil \ell/2 \right\rceil})}$, whenever $\ell \geq 9$. For smaller $\ell$, the thresholds behave more erratically, and for $4 \le \ell \le 7$ they deviate downwards significantly from the aforementioned aesthetic form capturing the thresholds for \emph{large} cliques. In particular, we show that the thresholds for $\ell \in \{4, 5, 7\}$ are $n^{-5/4}$, $n^{-1}$, and $n^{-7/15}$, respectively. For $\ell \in \{6, 8\}$ we determine the threshold up to a $(1 + o(1))$-factor in the exponent: they are $n^{-(2/3 + o(1))}$ and $n^{-(2/5 + o(1))}$, respectively. For $\ell = 3$, the threshold is $n^{-2}$; this follows from a more general result about odd cycles in our companion paper.Comment: 37 pages, several figures; update following reviewer(s) comment