Related papers: A note on the van der Waerden complex

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We give a purely combinatorial proof for the infinitary van der Waerden's theorem.

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Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a clutter with a perfect matching $e_1,...,e_g$ of K\"onig type and let $\Delta_\mathcal{C}$ be the Stanley-Reisner complex of the edge ideal of $\mathcal{C}$. If all c-minors of $\mathcal{C}$ have a free vertex and…

For every simplicial complex K there exists a vertex-transitive simplicial complex homotopy equivalent to a wedge of copies of K with some copies of the circle. It follows that every simplicial complex can occur as a homotopy wedge summand…

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In this short note we establish new refinements of multidimensional Szemeredi and polynomial van der Waerden theorems along the shifted primes.

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