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Infinite-Exponent Partition Relations on the Real Line

Logic 2026-04-08 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

We extend the theory of infinite-exponent partition relations to arbitrary linear order types, with a particular focus on the real number line. We give a complete classification of all consistent partition relations on the real line with countably infinite exponents, and a characterisation of the statement "no uncountable-exponent partition relations hold on the real line", working throughout in ZF without the Axiom of Choice.

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@article{arxiv.2507.12361,
  title  = {Infinite-Exponent Partition Relations on the Real Line},
  author = {Lyra A. Gardiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.12361},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

23 pages; replaced proof of Proposition 5 with one more suited to the setting of linear orders

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