English

Open questions about Ramsey-type statements in reverse mathematics

Logic 2024-12-09 v4

Abstract

Ramsey's theorem states that for any coloring of the n-element subsets of N with finitely many colors, there is an infinite set H such that all n-element subsets of H have the same color. The strength of consequences of Ramsey's theorem has been extensively studied in reverse mathematics and under various reducibilities, namely, computable reducibility and uniform reducibility. Our understanding of the combinatorics of Ramsey's theorem and its consequences has been greatly improved over the past decades. In this paper, we state some questions which naturally arose during this study. The inability to answer those questions reveals some gaps in our understanding of the combinatorics of Ramsey's theorem.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1506.04780,
  title  = {Open questions about Ramsey-type statements in reverse mathematics},
  author = {Ludovic Patey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.04780},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

15 pages. Updated answered questions

R2 v1 2026-06-22T09:54:08.138Z