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Main Authors: Vestal, Don, Sax, Jonathan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20528
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author Vestal, Don
Sax, Jonathan
author_facet Vestal, Don
Sax, Jonathan
contents In 2001, Robertson and Schaal found the 2-color off-diagonal generalized Schur numbers: for two positive integers $k$ and $l$, they determined the smallest positive integer $S = S(k, l)$ such that for any coloring of the integers from 1 to $S$ using red and blue, there must be a red solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$ or a blue solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_l = x_0$. We extend this result to find the continuous version: for two positive integers $k$ and $l$, we find the smallest real number $S = S_\mathbb{R} (k, l)$ such that for any coloring of the real numbers from 1 to $S$ using red and blue, there must be a red solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$ or a blue solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_l = x_0$.
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spellingShingle Off-Diagonal Continuous Rado Numbers $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$
Vestal, Don
Sax, Jonathan
Combinatorics
05D10
In 2001, Robertson and Schaal found the 2-color off-diagonal generalized Schur numbers: for two positive integers $k$ and $l$, they determined the smallest positive integer $S = S(k, l)$ such that for any coloring of the integers from 1 to $S$ using red and blue, there must be a red solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$ or a blue solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_l = x_0$. We extend this result to find the continuous version: for two positive integers $k$ and $l$, we find the smallest real number $S = S_\mathbb{R} (k, l)$ such that for any coloring of the real numbers from 1 to $S$ using red and blue, there must be a red solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$ or a blue solution to the equation $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_l = x_0$.
title Off-Diagonal Continuous Rado Numbers $x_1 + x_2 + \dots + x_k = x_0$
topic Combinatorics
05D10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20528