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Is there an uncountable extension of the Ramsey set $[\omega]^2$?

We say that a family ${\cal A}\subseteq {\cal P}(\omega)$ is Ramsey if for every map $c:{\cal A}\to\{0,1\}$ there is an infinite set $X\subseteq \omega$ with the following properties: ${\cal A}\cap {\...
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Maximal Ramsey families

We say that a family $\mathcal R\subseteq \mathcal P(\omega)$ is Ramsey if $\bigcup \mathcal R = \omega$, and for every map $f:\mathcal R \to \{0,1\}$ there is an infinite set $X\subseteq \omega$ ...
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Non-Ramsey function $f:[\omega]^{<\omega}\to\{0,1\}$ [closed]

Let $\newcommand{\o}{\omega}\o$ be the set of non-negative integers, and for any set $X$, let $\newcommand{\oo}{[\o]^{<\o}}X^{<\o}$ denote the collection of all finite subsets of $X$. What is an ...
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Modification of Lemma 0 in Hajnal's paper "Embedding finite graphs into graphs colored with infinitely many colors"

I am looking for a proof of the following lemma. Let $E_0$ be the set of edges of an undirected graph with no loops with vertex set a cardinal $\kappa$. Let $E_1$ be the family of two-element subsets ...
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A two-colouring of a complete graph over the set of incompressible strings

A two-coloring is done over the (infinite) set all incompressible strings (in some chosen alphabet); such that, an edge between two strings is blue if and only if, the strings are of equal lengths and ...
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Higher-dimensional Sierpiński partitions

Given a well-ordering of $\mathbb{R}$, there is a natural way to define an associated partition of pairs of real numbers into two pieces: one assigns the value $0$ to a pair $r<s$ if the well-...
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Does $2^{\aleph_0}\rightarrow [\aleph_1]^2_3$ require that the continuum is weakly inaccessible?

A classic result of Sierpiński shows that $2^{\aleph_0}\nrightarrow [\aleph_1]^2_2$, that is, there is a coloring of pairs of real numbers using two colors such that both colors appear on any ...
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Ramsey's infinite principle and the axiom of choice

Frank Plumpton Ramsey, best known for giving his name to Ramsey Theory, presented the following theorem in On a Problem of Formal Logic, that was submitted in 1928 and published posthumously. Let $\...
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Does "$X \not\to (\omega)^\omega_2$ for every infinite $X$" imply ${\sf AC}$?

For any set $X$ and cardinal $\mu \neq \emptyset$, we denote by $[X]^\mu$ the collection of subsets of cardinality $\mu$. If $\kappa, \mu \neq \emptyset$ are cardinals and $f: [X]^\mu\to \kappa$ is a ...
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Group graphs and Ramsey theory. Sub-question 1

Question: Find/compute relations between the classical Ramsey numbers and their variations (described below) -- exact or asymptotic. A graph is a set $\ X\ $ together with a (coloring) function $\ c:\...
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The extension of the substitution map of the semigroup of variable words to its Stone–Čech compactification is a homomorphism

Reading the proof of the Hales-Jewett theorem the author defines $W_L$ as the set of finite words over some alphabet $L$, $W_{L_v}$ as the set of variable-words over $L$, i.e. finite words over $L \...
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Density of Ramsey subsets of $\omega$

For any set $X$ let $[X]^2=\{\{x,y\}:x\neq y \in X\}$. The starting point of this question is the following statement that follows from a more general theorem by Ramsey: If $\pi:[\omega]^2\to\{0,1\}$ ...
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Ramsey type properties of $F_\sigma$ ideals

Let $I \subseteq 2^\omega$ be any $F_\sigma$ ideal containing every finite sets : $\forall X \in I\ \forall Y \subseteq X\ \text{ we have } Y \in I$ $\forall k\ \forall X_1,\dots,X_k \in I\ X_1 \cup \...
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Does every bijective graph endomorphism restrict to a full-cardinality isomorphism?

Given a graph $G$, and a bijective endomorphism $f$ (that is, a graph homeomorphism $f : G \to G$ that establishes a bijection on the vertices), it is true that $f$ is an automorphism whenever $|G|$ ...
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A combinatorial property of uncountable groups, II

Problem 1. Is it true that each uncountable group $G$ contains two subsets $A,B\subset G$ such that 1) for any $x,y\in G$ the intersection $xA\cap yB$ is finite and 2) for any function $\...
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A combinatorial property of uncountable groups

Let $A,B$ be two uncountable sets in a group $G$ such that for any elements $x,y\in G$ the intersection $xA\cap yB$ is finite. Let $\Phi:G\to 2^G$ be a function assigning to each element $x\in G$ some ...
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On Erdös–Kakutani like Equivalents of the Failure of Continuum Hypothesis

Among all mysterious equivalents of the Continuum Hypothesis and its negation, there is an algebraic combinatorial equivalent of $\neg \mathit{CH}$ in Erdös and Kakutani - On non-denumerable graphs (...
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Partition calculus question

For $m,n,k < \omega$, consider the equation $X \to (\omega \times k)^{m}_{n}$ What is the smallest $X$ known to satisfy it? Baumgartner-Hajnal theorem gives a satisfactory answer for $m=2$, but ...
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