The order of long rainbow arithmetic progressions
Combinatorics
2026-07-16 v1 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
Let be the minimum positive integer such that, for every positive integer , every equinumerous -coloring of contains a rainbow -term arithmetic progression. Jungi\'{c}, Licht, Mahdian, Ne\v{s}et\v{r}il and Radoi\v{c}i\'{c} conjectured that , while Conlon, Fox and Sudakov proved that . We prove the matching lower bound , and hence .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.15116,
title = {The order of long rainbow arithmetic progressions},
author = {Jesse Geneson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.15116},
year = {2026}
}