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Schur's Theorem

As shown by Schur in 1916, the Schur Number $s(n)$ satisfies

\begin{displaymath}
s(n)\leq R(n)
\end{displaymath}

for $n=1$, 2, ..., where $R(n)$ is a Ramsey Number.

See also Ramsey Number, Schur's Lemma, Schur Number




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26