Rainbow-free equinumerous 4-colorings of Z8k

Determine whether there exists a rainbow-free equinumerous 4-coloring of the cyclic group Z_{8k} for any natural number k>1.

Background

The paper proves that every equinumerous 4-coloring of Z_8 contains a rainbow 4-term arithmetic progression. It then asks whether this phenomenon persists for larger cyclic groups whose orders are multiples of 8, specifically whether a rainbow-free equinumerous 4-coloring exists for Z_{8k} when k is not 1.

References

Question 3.1. Does there exist any rainbow-free equinumerous 4-coloring of Z8k,k ∈ N{1}?

A Note On Rainbow 4-Term Arithmetic Progression  (2502.01086 - Jana et al., 3 Feb 2025) in Question 3.1, Section 3, p. 7