On generalizing the Van der Waerden theorem to some symmetric functions
Number Theory
2025-11-12 v2 Combinatorics
Abstract
Let be positive integers and , where is the ring of integers modulo . We almost complete providing the answer to the following problem, partially solved by N. Alon. Does any infinite sequence over contain same-length consecutive blocks s.t. for every (where and denote, respectively, the sum and the product of the elements in block )? In the case of , this problem is equivalent to the Van der Waerden theorem. After investigating , we provide other examples of generalizing the Van der Waerden theorem.
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@article{arxiv.2502.07921,
title = {On generalizing the Van der Waerden theorem to some symmetric functions},
author = {Arie Bialostocki and Vladyslav Oles},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.07921},
year = {2025}
}