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A Non-Linear Roth Theorem for Sets of Positive Density

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2019-01-08 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Suppose that ARA \subset \mathbb{R} has positive upper density, lim supIAII=δ>0, \limsup_{|I| \to \infty} \frac{|A \cap I|}{|I|} = \delta > 0, and P(t)R[t]P(t) \in \mathbb{R}[t] is a polynomial with no constant or linear term, or more generally a non-flat curve: a locally differentiable curve which doesn't "resemble a line" near 00 or \infty. Then for any R0RR_0 \leq R sufficiently large, there exists some xRAx_R \in A so that infR0TR{0t<T:xRtA, xRP(t)A}TcPδ2 \inf_{R_0 \leq T \leq R} \frac{|\{ 0 \leq t < T : x_R - t \in A, \ x_R - P(t) \in A \}|}{T} \geq c_P \cdot \delta^2 for some absolute constant cP>0c_P > 0, that depends only on PP.

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@article{arxiv.1901.01371,
  title  = {A Non-Linear Roth Theorem for Sets of Positive Density},
  author = {Ben Krause},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.01371},
  year   = {2019}
}
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