# we-solve research prompt: Math-1750, Polynomial bounds for rectilinear knot Ramsey numbers

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/polynomial-bounds-for-rectilinear-knot-ramsey-numbers/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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\section*{Polynomial bounds for rectilinear knot Ramsey numbers}\label{20000937}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 20000937 · AIM-COMBINATORICS-0062 · Combinatorics · AIM Workshop Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
For a tame link $L\subset\mathbb R^3$, let $\operatorname{cr}(L)$ denote its minimal crossing number and let $b(L)$ be its number of components.
A rectilinear complete-graph embedding has distinct straight edges intersecting only at shared endpoints.
It contains $L$ if some collection of pairwise vertex-disjoint cycles is ambient isotopic to $L$ or to its mirror image.
Let $R_{\rm link}(L)$ be the least vertex count forcing such a collection in every rectilinear embedding.
For a knot, which has one component, write $R_{\rm knot}(L)$.

The main question asks whether there are absolute constants $C,d>0$ such that every knot $K$ satisfies
\[
 R_{\rm knot}(K)\leq C(1+\operatorname{cr}(K))^d.
\]
The workshop also asks for the analogous polynomial phenomenon for links.
An explicit nondegenerate version is whether
\[
 R_{\rm link}(L)\leq C(1+\operatorname{cr}(L)+b(L))^d
\]
holds for all links, with constants independent of their types and component counts.
Including the component count is necessary for unrestricted links: arbitrarily many split unknotted components can have crossing number zero, while their disjoint cycles require arbitrarily many graph vertices.
For links with a fixed number of components, the question reduces to polynomial dependence on crossing number alone.
The reflection convention is the same as in the preceding workshop question.
Both assertions quantify over all valid placements of the complete graph's vertices, not merely over generic random placements.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can knots, and suitably measured links, be forced in straight-line complete graphs of only polynomially many vertices?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 20000937 (AIM-COMBINATORICS-0062), AIM Workshop Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] American Institute of Mathematics, Graph Ramsey theory, item 15. Original workshop question underlying AIM-COMBINATORICS-0062.
\url{https://www.overleaf.com/read/mnvcscjjysvg}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AIM-COMBINATORICS-0062

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-20000937
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)