@article{discovery10192107, publisher = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics}, volume = {38}, month = {June}, note = {This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.}, pages = {1239--1249}, journal = {SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics}, number = {2}, title = {The Rainbow Saturation Number Is Linear}, year = {2024}, issn = {0895-4801}, keywords = {edge-coloring, Mathematics, Mathematics, Applied, Physical Sciences, rainbow, saturation, Science \& Technology}, author = {Behague, Natalie and Johnston, Tom and Letzter, Shoham and Morrison, Natasha and Ogden, Shannon}, abstract = {Given a graphH, we say that an edge-colored graphGisH-rainbow saturated ifit does not contain a rainbow copy ofH, but the addition of any nonedge in any color creates arainbow copy ofH. The rainbow saturation number rsat(n,H) is the minimum number of edgesamong allH-rainbow saturated edge-colored graphs onnvertices. We prove that for any nonemptygraphH, the rainbow saturation number is linear inn, thus proving a conjecture of Gir{$\backslash$}{\texttt{\char126}}ao, Lewis,and Popielarz. In addition, we give an improved upper bound on the rainbow saturation number ofthe complete graph, disproving a second conjecture of Gir{$\backslash$}{\texttt{\char126}}ao, Lewis, and Popielarz.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/23m1566881} }