Alweiss's non-partition-regularity conjecture for sums and products over polynomial colorings

For dNd\in\mathbb{N}, let PdP_d be the set of polynomials in a countable set of variables x1,x2,x_1,x_2,\ldots with nonnegative integer coefficients, constant term, and degree at most dd in each variable. A pattern is partition regular over PdP_d if every finite coloring of PdP_d contains a monochromatic realization of that pattern.

Alweiss's non-partition-regularity conjecture. There exists nn such that, for every dNd\in\mathbb{N}, the pattern

{iSxi, iSxi:S[n]}\left\{\sum_{i\in S}x_i,\ \prod_{i\in S}x_i: \varnothing\ne S\subseteq[n]\right\}

is not partition regular over PdP_d.

The statement is presented as essentially asserting that the methods of the paper are necessary for addressing Hindman's conjecture over polynomial colorings. It remains open; even the weaker assertion that Hindman's conjecture is false over PdP_d is not known.

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Ryan Alweiss, “Monochromatic Sums and Products over Q”, arXiv:2307.08901 (2026).

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