Some two color, four variable Rado numbers (Q931839)

For a positive integer \(k\) and an integer \(j>-k\), denoting the equation \(x+y+kz = (k+j)w\) by \(\varepsilon(k,j)\), the paper gives bounds and exact values in some cases for the constant \(RR(\varepsilon)\) which is the minimum integer \(N\) such that any \(2\)-colouring of \([1,N]\) admits a monochromatic solution to \(\varepsilon\); a result of \textit{R. Rado} [Math. Z. 36, 424--480 (1933; Zbl 0006.14603)] gives rise to this question. The authors make some conjectures at the final section of the article.