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Asymmetric infinite sumsets in large sets of integers

Dynamical Systems 2026-01-21 v1 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

We show that for any set ANA \subset \mathbb{N} with positive upper density and any ,mN\ell,m \in \mathbb{N}, there exist an infinite set BNB\subset \mathbb{N} and some tNt\in \mathbb{N} so that {mb1+b2 ⁣:b1,b2B and b1<b2}+tA,\{mb_1 + \ell b_2 \colon b_1,b_2\in B\ \text{and}\ b_1<b_2 \}+t \subset A, verifying a conjecture of Kra, Moreira, Richter and Robertson. We also consider the patterns {mb1+b2 ⁣:b1,b2B and b1b2}\{mb_1 + \ell b_2 \colon b_1,b_2\in B\ \text{and}\ b_1 \leq b_2 \}, for infinite BNB\subset \mathbb{N} and prove that any set ANA\subset \mathbb{N} with lower density d(A)>1/2\underline{d}(A)>1/2 contains such configurations up to a shift. We show that the value 1/21/2 is optimal and obtain analogous results for values of upper density and when no shift is allowed.

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@article{arxiv.2502.03112,
  title  = {Asymmetric infinite sumsets in large sets of integers},
  author = {Ioannis Kousek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03112},
  year   = {2026}
}

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