Off-Diagonal Continuous Rado Numbers $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$
Combinatorics
2025-11-26 v1
Abstract
In 2001, Robertson and Schaal found the 2-color off-diagonal generalized Schur numbers: for two positive integers and , they determined the smallest positive integer such that for any coloring of the integers from 1 to using red and blue, there must be a red solution to the equation or a blue solution to the equation . We extend this result to find the continuous version: for two positive integers and , we find the smallest real number such that for any coloring of the real numbers from 1 to using red and blue, there must be a red solution to the equation or a blue solution to the equation .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.20528,
title = {Off-Diagonal Continuous Rado Numbers $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$},
author = {Don Vestal and Jonathan Sax},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.20528},
year = {2025}
}
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7 pages