Arithmetic progressions in polynomial orbits
Number Theory
2024-03-08 v1
Abstract
Let be a polynomial with integer coefficients whose degree is at least 2. We consider the problem of covering the orbit , where is an integer, using arithmetic progressions each of which contains . Fixing an integer , we prove that it is impossible to cover using such arithmetic progressions unless is contained in one of these progressions. In fact, we show that the relative density of terms covered by such arithmetic progressions in is uniformly bounded from above by a bound that depends solely on . In addition, the latter relative density can be made as close as desired to by an appropriate choice of arithmetic progressions containing if is allowed to be large enough.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2403.04397,
title = {Arithmetic progressions in polynomial orbits},
author = {Mohammad Sadek and Mohamed Wafik and Tuğba Yesin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04397},
year = {2024}
}