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Arithmetic Progressions Contained in Sequences with Bounded Gaps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Melvyn B. Nathanson
Melvyn B. Nathanson*
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Department of MathematicsSouthern Illinois University, Carbondale Illinois 62901
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Van der Waerden [1, 4, 5] proved that if the nonnegative integers are partitioned into a finite number of sets, then at least one set in the partition contains arbitrarily long finite arithmetic progressions. This is equivalent to the result that a strictly increasing sequence of integers with bounded gaps contains arbitrarily long finite arithmetic progressions. Szemerèdi [3] proved the much deeper result that a sequence of integers of positive density contains arbitrarily long finite arithmetic progressions. The purpose of this note is a quantitative comparison of van der Waerden's theorem and sequences with bounded gaps.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , 01 December 1980 , pp. 491 - 493
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1980

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