Sets without $k$-term progressions can have many shorter progressions
Combinatorics
2020-08-10 v2 Number Theory
Abstract
Let be the maximum possible number of -term arithmetic progressions in a sequence of integers which contains no -term arithmetic progression. For all integers , we prove that which answers an old question of Erd\H{o}s. In fact, we prove upper and lower bounds for which show that its growth is closely related to the bounds in Szemer\'edi's theorem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.09905,
title = {Sets without $k$-term progressions can have many shorter progressions},
author = {Jacob Fox and Cosmin Pohoata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.09905},
year = {2020}
}