erdős #169
Let and be the supremum of as ranges over all sets of positive integers which do not contain a -term arithmetic progression. Estimate . Iswhere is the van der Waerden number?
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[ f(k)\ :=\ \sup\\{\sum_{n\in A}\frac1n:\ A\subset\mathbb N,\ A\text{ contains no }k\text{-term arithmetic progression}\\}. ]
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#138Let the van der Waerden number be such that whenever and is -coloured there must exist a monochromatic -term arithmetic progression. Improve the bounds for - for example, prove that .A005346status
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