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A coloring of a matroid is proper if elements of the same color form an independent set. A theorem of Seymour asserts that a k-colorable matroid is also colorable from any lists of size k. In this note we generalize this theorem to the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Michał Lasoń , Wojciech Lubawski

We continue our study of Sierpinski-type colourings. In contrast to the prequel paper, we focus here on colourings for ideals stratified by their completeness degree. In particular, improving upon Ulam's theorem and its extension by Hajnal,…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Tanmay Inamdar , Assaf Rinot

In the paper, we search for monochromatic infinite additive structures involving polynomials over $\mathbb{N}$. It is proved that for any $r\in \mathbb{N}$, any two distinct natural numbers $a,b$, and any $2$-coloring of $\mathbb{N}$, there…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Zhengxing Lian , Rongzhong Xiao

Let $\mu$ be a strong limit singular cardinal. We prove that if $2^{\mu} > \mu^+$ then $\binom{\mu^+}{\mu}\to \binom{\tau}{\mu}_{<{\rm cf}(\mu)}$ for every ordinal $\tau<\mu^+$. We obtain an optimal positive relation under $2^\mu = \mu^+$,…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-01-02 Shimon Garti , Andrés Villaveces

Hindman's Theorem states that in any finite coloring of the integers, there is an infinite set all of whose finite sums belong to the same color. This is much stronger than the corresponding finite form, stating that in any finite coloring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-05 Mathias Beiglböck , Henry Towsner

Hindman proved in 1979 that no matter how natural numbers are colored in r colors, for a fixed positive integer r, there is an infinite subset X of numbers and a color t such that for any finite non-empty subset X' of X, the color of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Maria Axenovich , David S. Gunderson , Hanno Lefmann

We prove that for all $\varepsilon>0$, there exists a positive integer $n_0$ such that if $G$ is a graph on $n\geq n_0$ vertices with $\delta(G)\geq\tfrac{1}{2}(1 + \varepsilon)n$, then $G$ satisfies the Total Coloring Conjecture, that is,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Owen Henderschedt , Jessica McDonald , Songling Shan

In this series of papers we advance Ramsey theory of colorings over partitions. In this part, we concentrate on anti-Ramsey relations, or, as they are better known, strong colorings, and in particular solve two problems from [CKS21]. It is…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-05-02 Menachem Kojman , Assaf Rinot , Juris Steprans

Square coloring is a variant of graph coloring where vertices within distance two must receive different colors. When considering planar graphs, the most famous conjecture (Wegner, 1977) states that $\frac32\Delta+1$ colors are sufficient…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Nicolas Bousquet , Quentin Deschamps , Lucas de Meyer , Théo Pierron

A distinguishing colouring of a graph is a colouring of the vertex set such that no non-trivial automorphism preserves the colouring. Tucker conjectured that if every non-trivial automorphism of a locally finite graph moves infinitely many…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-04-30 Florian Lehner , Rögnvaldur G. Möller

We discuss how singular can cardinals be in absence of the axiom of choice. We show that, contrasting with known negative consistency results (of Gitik and others), certain positive results are provable. Then we pose some problems.

Logic · Mathematics 2007-09-18 Denis I. Saveliev

The Dense Hindman's Theorem states that, in any finite coloring of the integers, one may find a single color and a "dense" set $B_1$, for each $b_1\in B_1$ a "dense" set $B_2^{b_1}$ (depending on $b_1$), for each $b_2\in B_2^{b_1}$ a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-12-03 Henry Towsner

Suppose that $G$ is a graph of cardinality $\mu^+$ with chromatic number $\chi(G)\geq \mu^+$. One possible reason that this could happen is if $G$ contains a clique of size $\mu^+$. We prove that this is indeed the case when the edge…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Yatir Halevi , Itay Kaplan , Saharon Shelah

Total coloring is a variant of edge coloring where both vertices and edges are to be colored. A graph is totally $k$-choosable if for any list assignment of $k$ colors to each vertex and each edge, we can extract a proper total coloring. In…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-12-12 Marthe Bonamy , Théo Pierron , Éric Sopena

We show the existence of several infinite monochromatic patterns in the integers obtained as values of suitable symmetric polynomials. The simplest example is the following. For every finite coloring of the natural numbers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Mauro Di Nasso

Let K be an Abstract Elemenetary Class satisfying the amalgamation and the joint embedding property, let \mu be the Hanf number of K. Suppose K is tame. MAIN COROLLARY: (ZFC) If K is categorical in a successor cardinal bigger than…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rami Grossberg , Monica VanDieren

We improve upper bounds on the chromatic number proven independently in \cite{reedNote} and \cite{ingo}. Our main lemma gives a sufficient condition for two paths in graph to be completely joined. Using this, we prove that if a graph has an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Landon Rabern

In Euclidean Ramsey Theory usually we are looking for monochromatic configurations in the Euclidean space, whose points are colored with a fixed number of colors. In the canonical version, the number of colors is arbitrary, and we are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Panna Gehér , Arsenii Sagdeev , Géza Tóth

We succeed to say something on the identities of (mu^+, mu) when mu>theta>cf(mu), mu strong limit theta--compact. This hopefully will help to prove the consistency of ``some pair (mu^+,mu) is not compact'', however, this has not been…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Saharon Shelah

We show that various analogs of Hindman's Theorem fail in a strong sense when one attempts to obtain uncountable monochromatic sets: Theorem 1: There exists a colouring $c:\mathbb R\rightarrow\mathbb Q$, such that for every…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-10-06 David Fernández-Bretón , Assaf Rinot