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The 4-Color Rado Number of $x+y+c=z$: $R(c)=40c+41$ Whenever $c+1$ Is Divisible by 3, 4, 5 or 7

$R(c) = 40c+41$ for every $c \geq 2$ such that $c+1$ is divisible by 3, 4, 5, or 7 (covering $\approx 66\%$ of all $c$); the full conjecture (Myers 2015 Conj. 4.9, ABEMRS16 §5.5) reduces to prime cases $p \geq 89$, all smaller primes settled by SAT. Twenty-eight exact values, nineteen new primes $p = 11, \ldots, 83$, zero deviations from the conjectured line.

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The 4-Color Rado Number of $x+y+c=z$: $R(c)=40c+41$ Whenever $c+1$ Is Divisible by 3, 4, 5 or 7

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Twenty-eight individual exact values, each proved by SAT certificate (coloring at n-1, UNSAT at n). The synthesis theorem covers every c >= 2 whose c+1 is divisible by 3, 4, 5, or 7 (~66% of integers). The prime-reduction corollary shows the full conjecture (R(c)=40c+41 for all c >= 2) is equivalent to checking primes p >= 89; all primes through 83 are settled. What stays open: the conjecture at c=88 (p=89) and ev…

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$R(c) = 40c+41$ for every $c \geq 2$ such that $c+1$ is divisible by 3, 4, 5, or 7 (covering $\approx 66\%$ of all $c$); the full conjecture (Myers 2015 Conj. 4.9, ABEMRS16 §5.5) reduces to prime cases $p \geq 89$, all smaller primes settled by SAT. Twenty-eight exact values, nineteen new primes $p = 11, \ldots, 83$, zero deviations from the conjectured line.

Twenty-eight individual exact values, each proved by SAT certificate (coloring at n-1, UNSAT at n). The synthesis theorem covers every c >= 2 whose c+1 is divisible by 3, 4, 5, or 7 (~66% of integers). The prime-reduction corollary shows the full conjecture (R(c)=40c+41 for all c >= 2) is equivalent to checking primes p >= 89; all primes through 83 are settled. What stays open: the conjecture at c=88 (p=89) and every larger c whose c+1 has all prime factors >= 89. The scaling lemma's attribution is hedged relative to Malo 2000 (full text not accessed). No Lean formalization; the SAT certificates and dual-encoder architecture are the verification tier.

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The 4-Color Rado Number of $x+y+c=z$: $R(c)=40c+41$ Whenever $c+1$ Is Divisible by 3, 4, 5 or 7 — Mathematical Frontier Network