Quadratic Rado conjecture for homogeneous three-variable equations

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Let a,b,c∈Na,b,c\in\mathbb{N}. A Rado triple is a triple (a,b,c)(a,b,c) such that a=ca=c, b=cb=c, or a+b=ca+b=c. An equation is partition regular if every finite partition of N\mathbb{N} contains distinct x,y,zx,y,z in one cell satisfying it.

Quadratic Rado conjecture. The equation

ax2+by2=cz2a x^2+b y^2=c z^2

is partition regular if and only if (a,b,c)(a,b,c) 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.

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Nikos Frantzikinakis and Andreas Mountakis, “Recurrence for pretentious systems along generalized Pythagorean triples”, arXiv:2508.09778 (2025).

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