Quadratic Rado conjecture for homogeneous three-variable equations
Let . A Rado triple is a triple such that , , or . An equation is partition regular if every finite partition of contains distinct in one cell satisfying it.
Quadratic Rado conjecture. The equation
is partition regular if and only if is a Rado triple.
This extends the classical linear classification of partition-regular equations to homogeneous quadratic equations. It includes the long-standing question of whether the Pythagorean equation is partition regular, and its general validity remains open.
References
Primary source
Nikos Frantzikinakis and Andreas Mountakis, “Recurrence for pretentious systems along generalized Pythagorean triples”, arXiv:2508.09778 (2025).
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