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On the Distribution of Monochromatic Configurations

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Much of Ramsey theory is concerned with the study of structure which is preserved under finite partitions, (eg., see [8], [9], [12]). Some of the earliest results in the field were the following.

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Frankl, P., Graham, R.L., Rödl, V. (1989). On the Distribution of Monochromatic Configurations. In: Halász, G., Sós, V.T. (eds) Irregularities of Partitions. Algorithms and Combinatorics 8, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61324-1_6

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