Rado Numbers of Regular Nonhomogeneous Equations

Abstract

We consider Rado numbers of the regular equations $\mathcal{E}(b)$ of the form \[ c_1x_1+c_2x_2+\dots+ c_{k-1}x_{k-1} = x_k + b, \] where $b\in \mathbb{Z}$ and $c_i\in {\mathbb{Z}}^{+}$ for all $i$. We give the upper bounds and the sufficient condition for the lower bounds for $t$-color Rado numbers $r(\mathcal{E}(b);t)$ in terms of $r(\mathcal{E}(0);t)$ for both $b>0$ and $b<0$. We also give examples where the exact values of Rado numbers are obtained from these results.

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