The Two-Colour Rado Number for the Equation ax + by = (a + b)z

For relatively prime positive integers a and b, let n = R(a,b) denote the least positive integer such that every 2-colouring of [1, n] admits a monochromatic solution to ax + by = (a + b)z with x, y, z distinct integers. It is known that R(a,b) ≤ 4(a+b) +1. We show that R(a,b) = 4(a+b) +1, except w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gupta, Swati, Thulasi Rangan, J., Tripathi, Amitabha
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Basel 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103296
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