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The order of long rainbow arithmetic progressions

Combinatorics 2026-07-16 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Let TkT_k be the minimum positive integer tt such that, for every positive integer nn, every equinumerous tt-coloring of [tn][tn] contains a rainbow kk-term arithmetic progression. Jungi\'{c}, Licht, Mahdian, Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il and Radoi\v{c}i\'{c} conjectured that Tk=Θ(k2)T_k=\Theta(k^2), while Conlon, Fox and Sudakov proved that Tk=O(k2logk)T_k=O(k^2\log k). We prove the matching lower bound Tk=Ω(k2logk)T_k=\Omega(k^2\log k), and hence Tk=Θ(k2logk)T_k=\Theta(k^2\log k).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.15116,
  title  = {The order of long rainbow arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Jesse Geneson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.15116},
  year   = {2026}
}