The product conjecture for finite transitive sets in Euclidean Ramsey theory

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Let X⊂RmX\subset\mathbb{R}^m be a finite transitive set. A set Y⊂RdY\subset\mathbb{R}^d is kk-Ramsey for XX if every kk-colouring of YY contains a subset congruent to XX. For a positive integer nn, regard XnX^n as a subset of Rmn\mathbb{R}^{mn}, and call λXn={λx:x∈Xn}\lambda X^n=\{\lambda x:x\in X^n\} a scaling of XnX^n.

The product conjecture. For every positive integer kk, there exists a positive integer nn such that some scaling of XnX^n is kk-Ramsey for XX.

This strengthens the usual approach to proving that sets are Ramsey, in which a finite transitive set is embedded and then a large product is coloured. The conjecture is presented as the geometric statement later reformulated in purely combinatorial terms; its resolution is not specified in the supplied text.

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Imre Leader, Paul A. Russell and Mark Walters, “Transitive Sets in Euclidean Ramsey Theory”, arXiv:1012.1350 (2010).

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