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Given an integer base $b\geq 2$, a number $\rho\geq 1$ of colors, and a finite sequence $\Lambda=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_\rho)$ of positive integers, we introduce the concept of a $\Lambda$-restricted $\rho$-colored $b$-ary partition of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-13 Karl Dilcher , Larry Ericksen

Fern\'andez-Bret\'on, Sarmiento and Vera showed that whenever a direct sum of sufficiently many copies of ${\mathbb Z}_4$, the cyclic group of order 4, is countably coloured there are arbitrarily large finite sets $X$ whose sumsets $X+X$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Imre Leader , Kada Williams

Let $n\in \mathbb{N}$, $R$ be a binary relation on $[n]$, and $C_1(i,j),\ldots,C_n(i,j) \in \mathbb{Z}$, for $i,j \in [n]$. We define the exponential system of equations $\mathcal{E}(R,(C_k(i,j)_{i,j,k})$ to be the system \[…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-08-02 Julian Sahasrabudhe

We give asymptotically optimal constructions in generalized Ramsey theory using results about conflict-free hypergraph matchings. For example, we present an edge-coloring of $K_{n,n}$ with $2n/3 + o(n)$ colors such that each $4$-cycle…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-29 Felix Joos , Dhruv Mubayi

Given an $n\times n$ array $M$ ($n\ge 7$), where each cell is colored in one of two colors, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a partition of $M$ into $n$ diagonals, each containing at least one cell of each…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-08-18 Dani Kotlar , Ran Ziv

We show that for any finite partition of $\mathbb{N}$ there is an infinite sequence whose finite sums are monochromatic and such that infinitely many of the products with a fixed number of factors are monochromatic -- though not necessarily…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Conner Griffin

Let $a_k(n)$ denote the number of partitions of $n$ wherein even parts come in only one color, while the odd parts may be ``colored" with one of $k$ colors, for fixed $k$. In this note, we find some congruences for $a_k(n)$ in the spirit of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Anjelin Mariya Johnson , James A. Sellers , S. N. Fathima

Some recent papers formulated sufficient conditions for the decomposition of matrix variances. A statement was that if we have one or two observables, then the decomposition is possible. In this paper we consider an arbitrary finite set of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-24 Dénes Petz , Dániel Virosztek

In 2006 T. Brown asked the following question: Given a non-periodic infinite word $x=x_1x_2x_3\cdots$ with values in a non-empty set $\mathbb{A},$ does there exist a finite coloring $\varphi: \mathbb{A}^+\rightarrow C$ relative to which $x$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-08-22 Caïus Wojcik , Luca Q. Zamboni

A matrix \( A \) is called \emph{kernel partition regular} if, for every finite coloring of the natural numbers \( \mathbb{N} \), there exists a monochromatic solution to the equation \( A\vec{X} = 0 \). In 1933, Rado characterized such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-24 Sayan Goswami

Given a metric space $\mathcal{M}$ that contains at least two points, the chromatic number $\chi\left(\mathbb{R}^n_{\infty}, \mathcal{M} \right)$ is defined as the minimum number of colours needed to colour all points of an $n$-dimensional…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Nóra Frankl , Andrey Kupavskii , Arsenii Sagdeev

Ramsey's theorem, concerning the guarantee of certain monochromatic patterns in large enough edge-coloured complete graphs, is a fundamental result in combinatorial mathematics. In this work, we highlight the connection between this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-01 Jurriaan Wouters , Aris Giotis , Ross Kang , Dirk Schuricht , Lars Fritz

A set of points $S$ in Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^d$ is called \textit{Ramsey} if any finite partition of $\mathbb{R}^{\infty}$ yields a monochromatic copy of $S$. While characterization of Ramsey set remains a major open problem in the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Vojtěch Rödl , Marcelo Sales

We prove that the variety V of commutative multiplicatively idempotent semirings satisfying x + y + xyz = x + y is generated by single semirings. Moreover, we describe a normal form system for terms in V and we show that the word problem in…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-09-27 Ivan Chajda , Helmut Länger

We consider the following open question in the spirit of Ramsey theory: Given an aperiodic infinite word $w$, does there exist a finite coloring of its factors such that no factorization of $w$ is monochromatic? We show that such a coloring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-23 Aldo de Luca , Elena V. Pribavkina , Luca Q. Zamboni

A well-known consequence of Schur's theorem is that for $r\in \mathbb{N}$, if $n$ is sufficiently large, then any $r$-colouring of $[n]$ results in monochromatic $a,b,c\in [n]$ such that $ab=c$. In this paper we are interested in the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Roger Lidón , Darío Martínez , Patrick Morris , Miquel Ortega

A classical result by Rado characterises the so-called partition-regular matrices $A$, i.e.\ those matrices $A$ for which any finite colouring of the positive integers yields a monochromatic solution to the equation $Ax=0$. We study the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-19 Elad Aigner-Horev , Yury Person

A famous theorem of Galvin states that the list chromatic number of the intersection of two partition matroids equals its chromatic number. Kiraly and Berczi et. al. conjectured that this equality holds for any two matroids. We prove this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-15 He Guo

Let $M_1,M_2,\ldots,M_k$ be a collection of matroids on the same ground set $E$. A coloring $c:E \rightarrow \{1,2,\ldots,k\}$ is called \emph{cooperative} if for every color $j$, the set of elements in color $j$ is independent in $M_j$. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-16 Tomasz Bartnicki , Sebastian Czerwiński , Jarosław Grytczuk , Zofia Miechowicz

Our point of departure is the following simple common generalisation of the Sylvester-Gallai theorem and the Motzkin-Rabin theorem: Let S be a finite set of points in the plane, with each point coloured red or blue or with both colours.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-03-12 L. M. Pretorius , K. J. Swanepoel