Temporal Ramsey Graphs: The Ramsey Kinematic Approach to the Motion of Systems of Material Points

The Ramsey approach is applied to analyses of the kinematics of systems built of non-relativistic, motile point masses/particles. This approach is based on colored graph theory. Point masses/particles serve as the vertices of the graph. The time dependence of the distance between the particles determines the coloring of the links. The vertices/particles are connected with orange links when particles move away from each other or remain at the same distance. The vertices/particles are linked with violet edges when particles converge. The sign of the time derivative of the distance between the particles dictates the color of the edge. Thus, a complete, bi-colored Ramsey temporal graph emerges. The suggested coloring procedure is not transitive. The coloring of the links is time-dependent. The proposed coloring procedure is frame-independent and insensitive to Galilean transformations. At least one monochromatic triangle will inevitably appear in the graph emerging from the motion of six particles due to the fact that the Ramsey number R3,3=6. This approach is extended to the analysis of systems containing an infinite number of moving point masses. An infinite monochromatic (violet or orange) clique will necessarily appear in the graph. Applications of the introduced approach are discussed. The suggested Ramsey approach may be useful for the analysis of turbulence seen within the Lagrangian paradigm.