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For any set $A$ of natural numbers with positive upper Banach density, we show the existence of an infinite set $B$ and sequences $(t_k)_{k\in \mathbb{N}}, (s_k)_{k\in \mathbb{N}}$ of natural numbers such that $\left\{ \sum_{n \in F}n : F…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Felipe Hernández , Ioannis Kousek , Tristán Radić

Motivated by questions asked by Erdos, we prove that any set $A\subset{\mathbb N}$ with positive upper density contains, for any $k\in{\mathbb N}$, a sumset $B_1+\cdots+B_k$, where $B_1,\dots,B_k\subset{\mathbb N}$ are infinite. Our proof…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Bryna Kra , Joel Moreira , Florian K. Richter , Donald Robertson

Every set $A$ of positive integers with upper Banach density 1 contains an infinite sequence of pairwise disjoint subsets $(B_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}$ such that $B_i$ has upper Banach density 1 for all $i \in \mathbf{N}$ and $\sum_{i\in I} B_i…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-17 Melvyn B. Nathanson

In this article we describe all possible infinite linear configurations that can be found in a shift of any set of positive upper Banach density. This simultaneously generalizes Szemer\'edi's theorem on arithmetic progressions and the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Felipe Hernández

We give a short proof of the fact that every set of natural numbers with positive upper Banach density contains the sum of two infinite sets. The approach simplifies earlier existing proofs.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Bryna Kra , Joel Moreira , Florian K. Richter , Donald Robertson

For a set $A \subset \mathbb{N}$ we characterize in terms of its density when there exists an infinite set $B \subset \mathbb{N}$ and $t \in \{0,1\}$ such that $B+B \subset A-t$, where $B+B : =\{b_1+b_2\colon b_1,b_2 \in B\}$. Specifically,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Ioannis Kousek , Tristán Radić

We show that every set $A$ of natural numbers with positive upper density can be shifted to contain the restricted sumset $\{b_1 + b_2 : b_1, b_2\in B \text{ and } b_1 \neq b_2 \}$ for some infinite set $B \subset A$.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-11-07 Bryna Kra , Joel Moreira , Florian K. Richter , Donald Robertson

Let $A$ be a subset of primes up to $x$. If we assume $A$ is well-distributed (in the Siegel-Walfisz sense) in any arithmetic progressions to moduli $q\leqslant(\log x)^c$ for any $c>0$, then the sumset $A+A$ has density 1/2 in the natural…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-07-31 Ping Xi

We analyze sumsets A+B = {a+b : a in A, b in B} where A,B are sets of integers, A is infinite, and B has positive upper Banach density. For each k, we show that A+B contains at least the expected density of k-term arithmetic progressions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-11-23 John T. Griesmer

We show that for any set $A \subset \mathbb{N}$ with positive upper density and any $\ell,m \in \mathbb{N}$, there exist an infinite set $B\subset \mathbb{N}$ and some $t\in \mathbb{N}$ so that $\{mb_1 + \ell b_2 \colon b_1,b_2\in B\…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Ioannis Kousek

Let $d(\cdot)$ denote the natural density on the positive integers. We characterize all sets $A,B$ with positive density satisfying $d(A+B)=d(A)+d(B)$, under the assumption that the two sets are not both contained in a proper finite union…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Ethan Ackelsberg , Florian K. Richter

We investigate the occurrence of additive and multiplicative structures in random subsets of the natural numbers. Specifically, for a Bernoulli random subset of $\mathbb{N}$ where each integer is included independently with probability…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Sukrit Chakraborty , Sayan Goswami , Sourav Kanti Patra

Erd\H{o}s conjectured that for any set $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ with positive lower asymptotic density, there are infinite sets $B,C\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that $B+C\subseteq A$. We verify Erd\H{o}s' conjecture in the case that $A$ has…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-06 Mauro Di Nasso , Isaac Goldbring , Renling Jin , Steven Leth , Martino Lupini , Karl Mahlburg

Abstract upper densities are monotone and subadditive functions from the power set of positive integers to the unit real interval that generalize the upper densities used in number theory, including the upper asymptotic density, the upper…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Mauro Di Nasso , Renling Jin

Abstract upper densities are monotone and subadditive functions from the power set of positive integers into the unit real interval that generalize the upper densities used in number theory, including the upper asymptotic density, the upper…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Rafał Filipów , Jacek Tryba

In this paper we show that every set $A \subset \mathbb{N}$ with positive density contains $B+C$ for some pair $B,C$ of infinite subsets of $\mathbb{N}$, settling a conjecture of Erd\H{o}s. The proof features two different decompositions of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-14 Joel Moreira , Florian Karl Richter , Donald Robertson

We prove that any set $A\subset \mathbb{N}$ of positive upper density contains a finite $S\subset A$ such that $\sum_{n\in S}\frac{1}{n}=1$, answering a question of Erd\H{o}s and Graham.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Thomas F. Bloom

In 2022, using methods from ergodic theory, Kra, Moreira, Richter, and Robertson resolved a longstanding conjecture of Erd\H{o}s about sumsets in large subsets of the natural numbers. In this paper, we extend this result to several…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Dimitrios Charamaras , Andreas Mountakis

Renling Jin proved that if A and B are two subsets of the natural numbers with positive Banach density, then A+B is piecewise syndetic. In this paper, we prove that, under various assumptions on positive lower or upper densities of A and B,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-09 Mauro Di Nasso , Isaac Goldbring , Renling Jin , Steven Leth , Martino Lupini , Karl Mahlburg

Beiglboeck, Bergelson and Fish proved that if subsets A,B of a countable discrete amenable group G have positive Banach densities a and b respectively, then the product set AB is piecewise syndetic, i.e. there exists k such that the union…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-06 Mauro Di Nasso , Martino Lupini
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