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On closed Ramsey numbers of small countable ordinals

Logic 2026-04-28 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

This paper is a contribution to the investigation of closed partition relations for pairs of countable ordinals. As our main result, we prove that ω4(n2)+1<Rcl(ωn+1,3)<ω5\omega^4 \cdot (n-2)+1 < R^{cl}(\omega \cdot n+1,3)<\omega^5 for every integer n3n \geq 3. This result significantly improves the existing upper and lower bounds for these closed Ramsey numbers. In addition, we prove that ωθcl(ωα,3)2\omega^{\theta}\nrightarrow_{cl} (\omega^{\alpha},3)^2 whenever 1αθ<ω11 \leq \alpha \leq \theta<\omega_1 satisfy θ<R(α,3)\theta < R(\alpha,3). This result asymptotically improves the existing lower bounds for Rcl(ωn,3)R^{cl}(\omega^n,3) and slightly strengthens the existing necessary condition for being a topological partition ordinal.

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@article{arxiv.2604.23433,
  title  = {On closed Ramsey numbers of small countable ordinals},
  author = {Necdet Duman and Özge Gönül and Burak Kaya and Jayatra Saxena and Yiğithan Tamer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.23433},
  year   = {2026}
}