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Infinite Ramsey theorem for fixed finite arity and colors
Statement
In ZFC, for positive finite integers , every coloring has an infinite homogeneous subset. Thus .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Positive finite integers ; assume AC.
Homogeneous means that all fixed-arity subsets have one color. Partition arrows and homogeneous sets
A specified rule on a state set admits natural-number recursion. The recursion theorem
Induction proves a property from its initial and successor cases. The principle of mathematical induction
AC well-orders every set, in particular . The well-ordering theorem
Assume AC. The Axiom of Choice
Proof
For arity one, the color fibers partition into sets. If all were finite, their finite union would be finite, whereas is infinite. Hence one fiber is infinite and homogeneous by F1. More generally, the same conclusion holds for any finite coloring of an infinite subset of .
Assume the assertion at arity and let . The induction assertion applies to every infinite subset : enumerate it increasingly and pull back the coloring to , then push forward an infinite homogeneous set. Fix a well-order of by F4 and A1, so whenever the induction assertion supplies homogeneous infinite subsets we can take the first one in this well-order. This is the explicit choice use in the construction.
Set . Given infinite , set and consider on the coloring . Its argument has size because . By step 2.1 choose the first infinite homogeneous , and let be its color. The color is unique, since an infinite set has an -element subset. Store and the stage as a state to apply F2. All subsequent for belong to , and because was its predecessor set's minimum.
By step 1.1 some color has infinitely many indices . Put . It is infinite since the increase strictly. Given any members, order their indices . The last nodes lie in , so step 3.1 gives . Thus is homogeneous. This proves the successor assertion; with step 1.1, F3 proves the theorem for every positive finite arity.
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