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Main Authors: Jana, Subhajit, Das, Pratulananda
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01086
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author Jana, Subhajit
Das, Pratulananda
author_facet Jana, Subhajit
Das, Pratulananda
contents Let [n]=\{1,\,2,...,\,n\} be colored in k colors. A rainbow AP(k) in [n] is a k term arithmetic progression whose elements have diferent colors. Conlon, Jungic and Radoicic [10] had shown that there exists an equinumerous 4-coloring of [4n] which happens to be rainbow AP(4) free, when n is even and subsequently Haghighi and Nowbandegani [7] shown that such a coloring of [4n] also exists when n>1 is odd. Based on their construction, we shown that a balanced 4-coloring of [n] ( i.e. size of each color class is at least \left\lfloor n/4\right\rfloor ) actually exists for all natural number n. Further we established that for nonnegative integers k\geq3 and n>1, every balanced k-coloring of [kn+r] with 0\leq r<k-1, contains a rainbow AP(k) if and only if k=3. In this paper we also have discussed about rainbow free equinumerous 4-coloring of \mathbb{Z}_{n}.
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spellingShingle A Note On Rainbow 4-Term Arithmetic Progression
Jana, Subhajit
Das, Pratulananda
Combinatorics
Let [n]=\{1,\,2,...,\,n\} be colored in k colors. A rainbow AP(k) in [n] is a k term arithmetic progression whose elements have diferent colors. Conlon, Jungic and Radoicic [10] had shown that there exists an equinumerous 4-coloring of [4n] which happens to be rainbow AP(4) free, when n is even and subsequently Haghighi and Nowbandegani [7] shown that such a coloring of [4n] also exists when n>1 is odd. Based on their construction, we shown that a balanced 4-coloring of [n] ( i.e. size of each color class is at least \left\lfloor n/4\right\rfloor ) actually exists for all natural number n. Further we established that for nonnegative integers k\geq3 and n>1, every balanced k-coloring of [kn+r] with 0\leq r<k-1, contains a rainbow AP(k) if and only if k=3. In this paper we also have discussed about rainbow free equinumerous 4-coloring of \mathbb{Z}_{n}.
title A Note On Rainbow 4-Term Arithmetic Progression
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01086