Ramsey number $R(6,7)$
The smallest number $n$ such that any two-coloring of the edges of the complete graph $K_n$ must contain either a monochromatic $K_{6}$ in the first color or a monochromatic $K_{7}$ in the second color.
Lower bound:
$115$
Upper bound:
$270$
Verified bounds
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Updates from the literature
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1993
Upper bound: $298$
Huang Yi Ru and Zhang Ke Min, A New Upper Bound Formula on Ramsey Numbers, Journal of Shanghai University, Natural Science, 7 (1993) 1-3.
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2015
Lower bound: $115$
G. Exoo and M. Tatarevic, New Lower Bounds for 28 Classical Ramsey Numbers, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, http:// www.combinatorics.org, #P3.11, 22(3) (2015), 12 pages. Graphs available at the journal site and at http://cs.indstate.edu/ge/RAMSEY/ExTa.
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2020
Upper bound: $270$
V. Angeltveit and B.D. McKay, personal communication (2019-2024).
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