Determine whether two-color critical multiplicity is monotonically increasing

Determine whether the two-color critical multiplicity $m_2(s)$ is monotonically increasing as the clique size $s$ increases.

Background

Monotonicity of m2(s)m_2(s) is identified as a separate unresolved question in the paper. The proposed structural conjecture for extremal colorings would imply this monotonicity, so establishing the conjecture would resolve the question as a consequence.

The issue concerns the sequence of minimum guaranteed numbers of monochromatic KsK_s subgraphs in colorings of KR2(s)K_{R_2(s)}. Although the paper derives improved upper bounds for several small values, it does not establish a general ordering of these critical multiplicities.

References

Among other things, \Cref{conjecture} would imply that $m_2(s)$ is monotonically increasing, which has been an open question for some time .

Bounds on the Critical Multiplicity of Ramsey Numbers with Many Colors  (2501.18869 - Christopherson et al., 31 Jan 2025) in Concluding Remarks, immediately after Conjecture 1