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We further develop the theory of layered semigroups, as introduced by Farah, Hindman and McLeod, providing a general framework to prove Ramsey statements about such a semigroup $S$. By nonstandard and topological arguments, we show Ramsey…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-26 Jordan Mitchell Barrett

In this paper we study a very general finite Ramsey theorem, where both the sets being colored and the homogeneous set must satisfy some largeness notion. For the homogeneous set this has already been done using the notion of…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Alberto Marcone , Antonio Montalbán , Andrea Volpi

This list presents problems in the Reverse Mathematics of infinitary Ramsey theory which I find interesting but do not personally have the techniques to solve. The intent is to enlist the help of those working in Reverse Mathematics to take…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-08-31 Natasha Dobrinen

Partition functions arise in statistical physics and probability theory as the normalizing constant of Gibbs measures and in combinatorics and graph theory as graph polynomials. For instance the partition functions of the hard-core model…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-05 Ewan Davies , Matthew Jenssen , Will Perkins , Barnaby Roberts

Ramsey theory is the study of conditions under which mathematical objects show order when partitioned. Ramsey theory on the integers concerns itself with partitions of $[1,n]$ into $r$ subsets and asks the question whether one (or more) of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-30 Mano Vikash Janardhanan

We study $\varepsilon$-stability in continuous logic. We first consider stability in a model, where we obtain a definability of types result with a better approximation than that in the literature. We also prove forking symmetry for…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Nicolas Chavarria

Recently, Solecki introduced the notion of Ramsey monoid to produce a common generalization to theorems such as Hindman's theorem, Carlson's theorem, and Gowers' FIN$_k$ theorem. He proved that an entire class of finite monoids is Ramsey.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-10 Claudio Agostini , Eugenio Colla

We prove that finite partial orders with a linear extension form a Ramsey class. Our proof is based on the fact that class of acyclic graphs has the Ramsey property and uses the partite construction.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Jaroslav Nešetřil , Vojtěch Rödl

The purpose of this survey is to provide a gentle introduction to several recent breakthroughs in graph Ramsey theory. In particular, we will outline the proofs (due to various groups of authors) of exponential improvements to the diagonal,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Robert Morris

Ramsey theory looks for regularities in large objects. Model theory studies algebraic structures as models of theories. The structural Ramsey theory combines these two fields and is concerned with Ramsey-type questions about certain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Matěj Konečný

We note a parallel between some ideas of stable model theory and certain topics in finite combinatorics related to the sum-product phenomenon. For a simple linear group G, we show that a finite subset X with |X X \^{-1} X |/ |X| bounded is…

Logic · Mathematics 2011-05-17 Ehud Hrushovski

We resolve a conjecture of Cooper-Fenner-Purewal that a certain sequence of combinatorial matrices which can be used to bound small product-Ramsey numbers is positive semidefinite. Because the connection to Ramsey Theory involves solving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-01 Joshua Cooper , Maxwell Forst

By operations on models we show how to relate completeness with respect to permissive-nominal models to completeness with respect to nominal models with finite support. Models with finite support are a special case of permissive-nominal…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-05-28 Murdoch J. Gabbay

The stable Ramsey's theorem for pairs has been the subject of numerous investigations in mathematical logic. We introduce a weaker form of it by restricting from the class of all stable colorings to subclasses of it that are non-null in a…

Logic · Mathematics 2010-10-13 Damir D. Dzhafarov

In 2012 M. Soki\'c proved that the class of all finite permutations has the Ramsey property. Using different strategies the same result was then reproved in 2013 by J. B\"ottcher and J. Foniok, in 2014 by M. Bodirsky and in 2015 yet another…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-31 Dragan Masulovic

Hindman's celebrated Finite Sums Theorem, and its high-dimensional version due to Milliken and Taylor, are extended from covers of countable sets to covers of arbitrary topological spaces with Menger's classic covering property. The methods…

General Topology · Mathematics 2017-11-09 Boaz Tsaban

The first part is expository: it explains how finite fields may be used to prove theorems on infinite fields by a reduction mod p process. The second part gives a variant of P.Smith's fixed point theorem which applies in any characteristic.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-03-25 Jean-Pierre Serre

I will give a presentation of an abstract approach to finite Ramsey theory found in an earlier paper of mine. I will prove from it a common generalization of Deuber's Ramsey theorem for regular trees and a recent Ramsey theorem of Jasinski…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-03 Slawomir Solecki

We propose a framework for model-theoretic stability and simplicity in an approximate first-order setting and generalize some classical results.

Logic · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Alexander Burka

I prove forcing preservation theorems for products of definable partial orders preserving the cofinality of the meager or null ideal. Rectangular Ramsey theorems for related ideals follow from the proofs.

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jindrich Zapletal