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    Red-blue clique partitions and (1-1)-transversals

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    Motivated by the problem of Gallai on (1−1)(1-1)-transversals of 22-intervals, it was proved by the authors in 1969 that if the edges of a complete graph KK are colored with red and blue (both colors can appear on an edge) so that there is no monochromatic induced C4C_4 and C5C_5 then the vertices of KK can be partitioned into a red and a blue clique. Aharoni, Berger, Chudnovsky and Ziani recently strengthened this by showing that it is enough to assume that there is no induced monochromatic C4C_4 and there is no induced C5C_5 in {\em one of the colors}. Here this is strengthened further, it is enough to assume that there is no monochromatic induced C4C_4 and there is no K5K_5 on which both color classes induce a C5C_5. We also answer a question of Kaiser and Rabinovich, giving an example of six 22-convex sets in the plane such that any three intersect but there is no (1−1)(1-1)-transversal for them
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