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Stanley sequences with odd character

Combinatorics 2017-07-13 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Given a set of integers containing no 3-term arithmetic progressions, one constructs a Stanley sequence by choosing integers greedily without forming such a progression. Independent Stanley sequences are a "well-structured" class of Stanley sequences with two main parameters: the character λ(A)\lambda(A) and the repeat factor ρ(A)\rho(A). Rolnick conjectured that for every λN0\{1,3,5,9,11,15}\lambda \in \mathbb{N}_0\backslash\{1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15\}, there exists an independent Stanley sequence S(A)S(A) such that λ(A)=λ\lambda(A) =\lambda. This paper demonstrates that λ(A)∉{1,3,5,9,11,15}\lambda(A) \not\in \{1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15\} for any independent Stanley sequence S(A)S(A).

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@article{arxiv.1707.02037,
  title  = {Stanley sequences with odd character},
  author = {Richard A. Moy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02037},
  year   = {2017}
}
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