# we-solve research prompt: Math-1548, Simplex Ramsey numbers and a robust boundary-extension lemma

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/simplex-ramsey-numbers-and-a-robust-boundary-extension-lemma/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 20000948; source catalogue code AIM-COMBINATORICS-0073
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\section*{Simplex Ramsey numbers and a robust boundary-extension lemma}\label{20000948}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 20000948 · AIM-COMBINATORICS-0073 · Combinatorics · AIM Workshop Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
For $k\ge2$, a $k$-uniform hypergraph is a family of $k$-element
subsets of a vertex set. The complete such hypergraph on $k+1$
vertices, $K_{k+1}^{(k)}$, consists of all $k+1$ subsets obtained by
omitting one vertex. It is the hypergraph simplex.
Let $R_k$ be the least integer $N$ such that, whenever each member of
$\binom{[N]}k$ is colored red or blue, there is a set
$S\subseteq[N]$ of size $k+1$ for which all members of
$\binom Sk$ have the same color. Thus
\[
                        R_k=r_k(k+1,k+1).
\]
The question is to determine, or sharply estimate, the growth of $R_k$
as $k$ tends to infinity. Both the uniformity and the required clique
size grow; the clique has exactly one more vertex than the uniformity.
The number of colors remains two throughout.

An upper bound $R_k\le U(k)$ must force a monochromatic simplex in
every coloring on $U(k)$ vertices. A lower bound $R_k>L(k)$ requires
a coloring on $L(k)$ vertices with no such simplex, meaning every
$(k+1)$-vertex set has at least one edge of each color.
The desired estimates should clarify the growth scale in $k$, beyond
simply applying fixed-uniformity Ramsey finiteness. The vertices carry
no order restriction on copies, even though $[N]$ supplies labels.
\subsection{Short English statement}
How rapidly does the two-color Ramsey number of a hypergraph simplex grow with its uniformity?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 20000948 (AIM-COMBINATORICS-0073), 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 26. Original workshop question underlying AIM-COMBINATORICS-0073.
\url{https://www.overleaf.com/read/mnvcscjjysvg}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AIM-COMBINATORICS-0073

## 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-20000948
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)