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		<title>75.82.57.223 at 11:06, 21 May 2009</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The generalization of this theorem &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;to higher &lt;/del&gt;k is [[Carlson&#039;s theorem]].  Hindman&#039;s theorem also implies [[Folkman&#039;s theorem]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The generalization of this theorem &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;which replaces 2 with larger &lt;/ins&gt;k is [[Carlson&#039;s theorem]].  Hindman&#039;s theorem also implies [[Folkman&#039;s theorem]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Teorth at 07:51, 16 February 2009</title>
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		<title>Teorth at 07:45, 16 February 2009</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindman&amp;#039;s theorem&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;[2]^\omega := \bigcup_{n=0}^\infty [2]^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is finitely colored, then one of the color classes contain an infinite-dimensional [[combinatorial subspace]], i.e. another copy of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;[2]^\omega&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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The generalization of this theorem to higher k is the [[Carlson-Simpson theorem]].&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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