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Monochromatic-triangle counting formula
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2026-10-03
In
a
red-blue
edge colouring
of
K
n
, let
d
v
be the red degree of
vertex
v
and let
M
be the
number
of
monochromatic
triangles
. Every nonmonochromatic
triangle
has exactly two
vertices
at which its two incident edges have different
colors
, so
M
=
(
3
n
)
−
2
1
∑
v
d
v
(
n
−
1
−
d
v
)
.
(1)
Since
d
v
(
n
−
1
−
d
v
)
≤
⌊(
n
−
1
)
2
/4
⌋
, this identity gives
a
lower bound for
M
.
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