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Long rainbow arithmetic progressions

Combinatorics 2020-09-22 v4

Abstract

Define TkT_k as the minimal tNt\in \mathbb{N} for which there is a rainbow arithmetic progression of length kk in every equinumerous tt-coloring of [tn][tn] for all nNn\in \mathbb{N}. Jungi\'{c}, Licht (Fox), Mahdian, Nesetril and Radoici\'{c} proved that k24Tk\lfloor{\frac{k^2}{4}\rfloor}\le T_k. We almost close the gap between the upper and lower bounds by proving that Tkk2e(lnlnk)2(1+o(1))T_k \le k^2e^{(\ln\ln k)^2(1+o(1))}. Conlon, Fox and Sudakov have independently shown a stronger statement that Tk=O(k2logk)T_k=O(k^2\log k).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1905.03811,
  title  = {Long rainbow arithmetic progressions},
  author = {József Balogh and William Linz and Letícia Mattos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.03811},
  year   = {2020}
}

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