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Branch of combinatorics with the philosophy that 'total disorder is impossible'. For example, Ramsey's theorem asserts that for each $n$, every sufficiently large graph either contains a clique of size $n$ or a stable set of size $n$.

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

Yes. Just take $\mathcal{A}$ to be $[\omega]^2$ together with the powerset of the even integers.
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Ramsey-Kuratowski numbers

Here are some bounds that I can extract from the dynamic survey Small Ramsey Numbers by Stanisław Radziszowski. Recall that for two graphs $G$ and $H$, $R(G,H)$ is the smallest integer $n$ such that e …
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Reference request: monochromatic paths in edge-colored complete graphs

For $c=2$, it is a theorem of Gerencsér and Gyárfás that $P(k,2)=\lfloor (3k-2)/2 \rfloor$. For $c=3$, Gyárfás, Ruszinkó, Sárközy and Szemerédi proved that for sufficiently large $k$, $P(k,3)=2k-1 …
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Sets of points containing permutations - a Ramsey-type question

Regarding the weak version, I can prove that there exists an $f$ such that for every two colouring of the $f(n) \times f(n)$ grid, every permutation of $[n]$ is contained in either $B$ or $W$. The pro …
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Is every knot unavoidable in the embeddings of some graph?

Yes. See this paper of Negami. The main result is that for any fixed knot (or link) of type $k$, there is a constant $R(k)$ such that every straight line embedding of $K_{R(k)}$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$ con …
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Is there a graph that is Ramsey for $P_{2n}$ but is $C_{2n+1}-$free

Taking $F=K_{4n, 4n}$ does the trick. To see this, suppose we have coloured each edge of $K_{4n,4n}$ red or blue. Let $R$ and $B$ be the red and blue subgraphs of $K_{4n,4n}$. We may assume that $R …
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Small Ramsey numbers and Brooks' Theorem

It seems as if the Chvatal, Harary proof has a logical gap, and your proof seems to be missing some details. Here is a proof that is based on Brook's Theorem. We plagiarize you and start by noting …
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