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Rainbow Combinatorial Lines in Hypercubes

Combinatorics 2024-10-18 v2

Abstract

This paper is about the rainbow dual of the Hales Jewett number, providing general bounds an anti-Hales Jewett Number for hypercubes of length k and dimension n denoted ah(k,n).ah(k, n). The best general bounds this paper provides are: (k1)n<ah(k,n)(k1)22k1kn1+k+1k1.(k-1)^n < ah(k, n) \leq \frac{(k-1)^2-2}{k-1}\cdot k^{n-1}+\frac{k+1}{k-1}. This paper also includes proofs about the specific cases of k=2k = 2 and k=3k = 3, where we show that ah(2,n)=2ah(2, n) = 2 and 2n<ah(3,n)3n123n4+22^n < ah(3, n) \leq 3^{n-1} - 2\cdot3^{n-4} + 2 for all natural numbers n >> 4. For n<4n < 4, we have found the exact values: ah(3,1)=3ah(3, 1) = 3, ah(3,2)=5ah(3, 2) = 5, and ah(3,3)=11ah(3, 3) = 11. In the case n=4n = 4, we have found that 23<ah(3,4)2723 < ah(3, 4) \leq 27.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.12192,
  title  = {Rainbow Combinatorial Lines in Hypercubes},
  author = {Michael Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.12192},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

23 pages, 15 figures, comments welcome and appreciated

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