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A classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations

OpenAI · September 23, 2026

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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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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, and Quot.sound in 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_proof attribute; 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.
  • 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.

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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]

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Cite

@misc{OAI:A-classification-of-finite-Euclidean-Ramsey-configurations-September-23-2026,
  author = {{OpenAI}},
  title = {{A classification of finite Euclidean Ramsey configurations}},
  howpublished = {OpenAI Math Release preprint
                  \href{https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/A-classification-of-finite-Euclidean-Ramsey-configurations-September-23-2026/paper.pdf}{OAI:A-classification-of-finite-Euclidean-Ramsey-configurations-September-23-2026}},
  year = {2026}
}

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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.