Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4625037 Advances in Applied Mathematics 2008 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

There exists a minimum integer N such that any 2-coloring of {1,2,…,N} admits a monochromatic solution to x+y+kz=ℓw for k,ℓ∈Z+, where N depends on k and ℓ. We determine N when ℓ−k∈{0,1,2,3,4,5}, for all k,ℓ for which , as well as for arbitrary k when ℓ=2.

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