Monochromatic finite-sums and product-of-sums conjecture

Let N=i=1mAi\mathbb{N}=\bigcup_{i=1}^m A_i be a finite partition, let Pf(N)\mathcal{P}_f(\mathbb{N}) denote the nonempty finite subsets of N\mathbb{N}, and let α<β\alpha<\beta mean maxα<minβ\max\alpha<\min\beta. Finite-sums and product-of-sums conjecture. There exist j[m]j\in[m], b>1b>1, and a sequence xttN\langle x_t\rangle_{t\in\mathbb{N}} such that

{tαxt, s=1btαsxt: αPf(N), α1<α2<<αbPf(N)}Aj.\left\{\sum_{t\in\alpha}x_t,\ \prod_{s=1}^b\sum_{t\in\alpha_s}x_t:\ \alpha\in\mathcal{P}_f(\mathbb{N}),\ \alpha_1<\alpha_2<\dots<\alpha_b\in\mathcal{P}_f(\mathbb{N})\right\}\subseteq A_j.

Thus one cell of every finite partition should contain all finite sums from one sequence together with the products of bb sums over successive finite blocks, for some b>1b>1. The question is stated as open, and an affirmative answer would follow from the paper's return-time conjecture.

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Conner Griffin, “Infinite Sum-Product Configurations in Parallel”, arXiv:2605.24751 (2026).

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