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A classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations
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Abstract
We classify finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations by a necessary and sufficient tensor condition over their coordinate fields. The Ramsey property here concerns monochromatic congruent copies at the original scale under arbitrary finite colorings. The criterion shows that every nonempty subtransitive set and every nonempty set of at most five points on a circle is Ramsey. In particular, some Ramsey cyclic quadrilaterals are not subtransitive, disproving the necessity direction of the Leader–Russell–Walters conjectured characterization.
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Follow-up works
- JD Jones, Six concyclic points satisfy the Euclidean Ramsey tensor criterion, as does every spherical set of at most m + 4 points of affine dimension m and every algebraic spherical set (GitHub six-concyclic-lean; Palomar entry PALOMAR-2026-10-07-000011, 2026-10-07). Lean development showing that six concyclic points, and spherical sets of at most m + 4 points, satisfy the manuscript's tensor criterion; the Ramsey conclusions take the sufficiency half of Theorem 1.1 as an explicit hypothesis.
- Will Strinz, Möbius invariance of the Ramsey property for finite spherical sets (GitHub mobius-ramsey; Palomar entry PALOMAR-2026-10-14-000008, 2026-10-14). Lean development deriving from the classification that the Ramsey property of finite unit-sphere sets is invariant under Möbius maps (modelled by the Lorentz group), reusing the release's Lean proof; the README states no human expert has reviewed it. [AI-generated per source]
- Will Strinz, Algebraic points on a circle plus at most three arbitrary points are Euclidean Ramsey (GitHub; Palomar entry PALOMAR-2026-10-16-000018, 2026-10-16). Lean result, built on the release's sufficiency theorem and Möbius invariance, that a finite circle set is Ramsey when all but at most three points have algebraic coordinates. [AI-generated per source]
- Will Strinz, The radian nine-gon is Euclidean Ramsey iff e^(i theta) is algebraic (GitHub; Palomar entry PALOMAR-2026-10-18-000020, 2026-10-18). Adapts the manuscript's nine-point non-Ramsey example (Proposition 7.6, algebraically independent parameters) to the one-parameter family of points at angles 0, θ, …, 8θ. [AI-generated per source]
- Will Strinz, spherical-ramsey (GitHub, 2026). Umbrella repository with Lean proofs, exact certificates, numerical probes and a conjecture ledger on which finite spherical sets are Ramsey; it explicitly trusts the release's Lean proof of the classification. [AI-generated per source]
Formalization
- OpenAI, Lean scope note for family 172 (openai/math release, 2026-10-06). The release's Lean development covers the tensor-field classification for full-affine-span configurations, cosphericity, the subtransitive and at-most-five-circle-points cases, the quadratic-independence criterion, and the nine- and twelve-point non-Ramsey circle configurations, with links to seven comparator statements. [family-level]
- Erdős Problems AI library, Openai 2026 classification finite euclidean ramsey configurations (verification report, accessed 2026-10-21). The site reports rebuilding three classification declarations and the twelve-point theorem and finding only
propext,Classical.choice, andQuot.soundin their axiom dependencies, while excluding the other comparator statements from its build and audit. - anxkhn, feat(Paper): add the five-point circle Ramsey result (google-deepmind/formal-conjectures PR #6980, merged 2026-10-21; issue #6975). Adds a Lean statement of the manuscript's Corollary 7.4 (at most five circle points are Ramsey), sourced to its Section 7, without a
formal_proofattribute; reviewers checked the statement against the pinned manuscript. - veljjanoski, feat(ErdosProblems/174): add Erdős Problem 174 (google-deepmind/formal-conjectures PR #7469, merged 2026-10-20). Formalizes the characterization problem with Graham's spherical conjecture and the Leader–Russell–Walters subtransitivity conjecture as open variants; it does not cite the manuscript, which claims to settle both.
Related prior literature mentioned by others
- Dömötör Pálvölgyi, A cyclic non-Ramsey heptagon (arXiv:2609.23327, 2026-09-20). Seven-point non-Ramsey circle set via weighted field-derivation identities, cited by the manuscript, which relies on its appendix Theorem A.3 for generic seven-point circle sets; the six-concyclic-lean README notes that this appendix is marked by its author as unverified language-model output.
Possibly relevant literature (found by the agent, not checked)
- Erdős Problems, Problem #174 (erdosproblems.com, last edited 2025-10-16; discussion thread). Asks to characterise the Ramsey sets in R^n, which is what Theorem 1.1 claims, and records Graham's spherical and the Leader–Russell–Walters subtransitive conjectures; the page and thread do not mention the manuscript.
- L. Milićević, Section 12 "A boundedness conjecture for Ramsey sets", in R. Baber et al., A collection of open problems in celebration of Imre Leader's 60th birthday (arXiv:2310.18163, 2023). Conjecture 12.1 asks whether the dimension D can be chosen depending only on the number of colours and the size of the Ramsey set, which concerns the dimension D in the manuscript's definition and Theorem 1.1.
- Gábor Damásdi, Nóra Frankl, János Pach, Dömötör Pálvölgyi, Monochromatic configurations on a circle (arXiv:2504.10687, 2025). Studies monochromatic inscribed configurations under colourings of a circle, a related setting for the manuscript's circle configurations.
Digests and expositions
- Latent Seminar, Exact-scale Euclidean Ramsey configurations (2026-10-07). Exposition of the tensor criterion, the five-point circle consequence, and the cancellation and path-weight synchronization mechanisms; it states that it has not independently verified the complete proofs or audited the Lean code. [family-level]
Elsewhere
- VibeMathed: Problem record
- VibeMathed: Problem record
- Emergent Mind: family 172
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Cite
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author = {{OpenAI}},
title = {{A classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations}},
howpublished = {OpenAI Math Release preprint
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year = {2026}
}Lean formalization
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Family 172: Classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations
Classifies finite point configurations that occur monochromatically, at their original scale, in every finite coloring of sufficiently high-dimensional Euclidean space. The characterization is an algebraic condition over the coordinate field. It also disproves the Leader–Russell–Walters conjecture that every such configuration is a subset of a finite transitive set.
This is the only paper in this family.