Ramsey-number Definition

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(combinatorics) Any one of a certain set of numbers which are guaranteed to exist by Ramsey's theorem; a positive integer which is a certain function of some given multiset of positive integers, where that "certain function" is that which yields the minimal number guaranteed to exist by Ramsey's theorem.

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ramsey-number
Plural:
Ramsey numbers

Origin of Ramsey-number

  • Named after Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), British mathematician, philosopher and economist.

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