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On irregularities of integer sequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

S. L. G. Choi
S. L. G. Choi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of British ColumbiaVancouver 8, B.C. Canada
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Abstract

Let f(m;n) denote the largest integer so that, given any m integers a1 < … < am in [1, 2n], one can always choose f integers b1 < … < bf from [1, n], so that bi + bj = a1 (1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ f; l ≤ l ≤ m) will never hold. Trivially f(m; n) ≥ n/ (m + 1). In this paper we shall attempt to improve upon this trivial bound by exploiting the possible irregularities of distribution of the sequence among certain congruence classes. One of our main results is

provided m ≥ log n. Related questions and results are also discussed.

Type
Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , June 1974 , pp. 101 - 106
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1974

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