Rainbow trapezoids with given area
Abstract
A well-known result by Graham in Euclidean Ramsey Theory states that, for every positive real number , every coloring of the plane with finite number of colors contains a monochromatic triangle of area . We consider canonical versions of this result. We show that every -coloring of the plane integer lattice contains either a rainbow triangle of area or a monochromatic rectangle of any given area whose sides are parallell to the axes. We also show that, under natural conditions, there are numbers and such that every coloring of the plane integer lattice contains either a monochromatic rectangle of area or a rainbow trapezoid of area . As usual, only vertex colors are considered: e.g., a monochromatic rectangle is a set of four points in the lattice which a) are the vertices of a rectangle and b) are assigned the same color.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.13841,
title = {Rainbow trapezoids with given area},
author = {Sukumar Das Adhikari and Tássio Naia and Oriol Serra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13841},
year = {2026}
}
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9 pages, 1 figure