The block sets conjecture
The block sets conjecture
Let , and let a template over be a non-decreasing word for some positive integer . A block set with template in is formed by choosing pairwise disjoint blocks of a common size , fixing the remaining coordinates, and allowing the coordinates on the blocks to realize every permutation of the letters of .
Block sets conjecture. For every pair of positive integers and and every template over , there exist positive integers and such that every -colouring of contains a monochromatic block set of degree with template .
The conjecture is a purely combinatorial statement that implies every subtransitive set is Ramsey. It is also described as an abstract version of the conjecture that all transitive sets are Ramsey, and remains open.
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Sources & referencesView supporting material
Primary source
Maria-Romina Ivan, Imre Leader and Mark Walters, “Generalised Prisms and Euclidean Ramsey Theory”, arXiv:2606.13472 (2026).
Additional references
2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2024–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2406.01459.
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