"Decades of Dedication: Unraveling the Elusive Math Problem"

After nearly a century, mathematicians at the University of California San Diego have found the answer to r(4,t), a longstanding Ramsey problem that has perplexed the math world for decades. Ramsey problems involve finding order within a graph, and r(4,t) represents the number of points without lines in the graph. The researchers used pseudorandom graphs and various mathematical techniques to estimate that r(4,t) is close to a cubic function of t. The findings are currently under review with the Annals of Mathematics.