Extension of the polynomial Ramsey theorem

Determine whether Corollary 5.10 extends from monomials in x to arbitrary univariate polynomials in x and to arbitrary multivariate polynomials.

Background

Corollary 5.10 classifies Ramsey partition-regular equations of the form axⁿ + P(y) = Q(z), showing that only equations corresponding to multiples of x + y = z or −x + y = z can occur. Its proof relies on expressing the valuation of a monomial in terms of the valuation of its argument, a technique that does not directly apply to general polynomials. The authors explicitly ask whether the result can be extended first to arbitrary univariate polynomials and then to multivariate polynomials.

References

Problem 6.2. Is it possible to extend Corollary 5.10 from monomials to arbitrary polynomials in x? To arbitrary multivariate polynomials?

Ramsey's witnesses  (2503.09246 - Nasso et al., 12 Mar 2025) in Problem 6.2, Section 6, p. 22