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An equation for the general Ramsey number R(p1,p2,...pt;r)

Kunjun Song
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The Ramsey number $R(P_1,P_2,...,P_t;r)$ is a valve value such that as long as the cardinality $n$ of the $n$-set $V_n={1,...,n}$ is no less than $R$,however all the $\binom{n}{r}$ $r$-subsets of $V_n$ are distributed into $t$ boxes, $V_n$ will always have a property $W$ expressed as eq.(1).Thus, by calculating the number of ways of distribution of $r$-subsets that makes $W$ true,one can get an equation for $R(P_1,P_2,...,P_t;r)$.The evaluation of the general term in this eq. and the counting of the frequencies of occurrence of the various values the general term takes can be reduced to the problem of elementary counting.

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Kunjun Song. 2011-08-08. An equation for the general Ramsey number R(p1,p2,...pt;r). https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1207

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