Questions tagged [arithmetic-progression]
An arithmetic progression is a (possibly infinite) sequence of numbers such that the difference between consecutive terms is always the same value.
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Is the Green-Tao theorem true for primes within a given arithmetic progression?
Ben Green and Terrence Tao proved that there are arbitrary length arithmetic progressions among the primes.
Now, consider an arithmetic progression with starting term $a$ and common difference $d$. ...
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least prime in a arithmetic progression
Hello
Here I want to consider the simplest arithmetic progression $n\equiv 1\pmod{q}$ where $q$ is a prime. Is it true that we can find a prime $p\leq q^2$ in this arithmetic progression?
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Is a "non-analytic" proof of Dirichlet's theorem on primes known or possible?
It is well-known that one can prove certain special cases of Dirichlet's theorem by exhibiting an integer polynomial $p(x)$ with the properties that the prime divisors of $\{ p(n) | n \in \mathbb{Z} \}...
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Erdos Conjecture on arithmetic progressions
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Let A be a subset of the naturals such that $\sum_{n\in A}\frac{1}{n}=\infty$. The Erdos Conjecture states that A must have arithmetic progressions of arbitrary length.
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Arithmetic progressions without small primes
The following question came up in the discussion at How small can a group with an n-dimensional irreducible complex representation be? :
Is it known that there are infinitely many primes p for which ...
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Most dense subset of numbers that avoids arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions
The famous Green-Tao theorem says that there exist arbitrarily long sequences of primes in arithmetic progression.
I am wondering: How dense can a subset $S \subset \mathbb{N}$ be and still avoid
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What is the status on this conjecture on arithmetic progressions of primes?
The Green-Tao theorem states that for every $n$, there is an arithmetic sequence of length $n$ consisting of primes.
For primes, $p$, let $P(p)$ be the maximum length of an arithmetic progression of ...
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Mertens-like sum in arithmetic progressions
I find myself needing a good estimate for $\sum_{p\le x,\, p\equiv a\bmod q} 1/p$, perhaps something like
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\sum_{p\le x,\, p\equiv a\bmod q} \frac1p = \frac{\log\log x}{\phi(q)} + b(q,a) + O\big(\...
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Can we do better than random when constructing dense $k$-AP-free sets
We write $[N]$ to denote $\{1,\dots,N\}$. We say a set $S$ is $k$-AP-free if it lacks non-trivial arithmetic progressions of length $k$.
We define the 2-color van der Waerden number, $w(2;k)$, to be ...
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A game on integers
$A$ and $B$ take turns to pick integers: $A$ picks one integer and then $B$ picks $k > 1$ integers ($k$ being fixed). A player cannot pick a number that his opponent has picked. If $A$ has $5$ ...
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Is there an 11-term arithmetic progression of primes beginning with 11?
i.e. does there exist an integer $C > 0$ such that $11, 11 + C, ..., 11 + 10C$ are all prime?
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Finitely many arithmetic progressions
A few years ago, somebody told me a lovely problem. I suspect there may be more to it (which I would be interested in learning), and would very much like to find a reference, it makes me uncomfortable ...
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A proof of Van der Waerden's theorem using a weakened form of Szemeredi's theorem
Van der Waerden's theorem states that any colouring of the integers in a finite number of colours has monochromatic arithmetic progressions of arbitrary length. Szemerédi's Theorem is a dramatic ...
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The Green-Tao theorem and positive binary quadratic forms
Some time ago I asked a question on consecutive numbers represented integrally by an integral positive binary quadratic form. It has occurred to me that, instead, the Green-Tao theorem may include a ...
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Special arithmetic progressions involving perfect squares
Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ that are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression and also satisfy the condition that $ab+1$, $bc+1$, $ca+1$ are all perfect ...
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Arithmetic progressions modulo $p$ under the squaring map
I feel that the following problem should be known, but I'm not sure where to look for it.
Fix a real constant $\frac{1}{2} \ge \epsilon > 0$. For varying primes $p$, Let $A_p$ denote the set of ...
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Primes from a Dirichlet sequence and an irrational number
From Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions, if $\text{gcd}(a,b)=1$ we know $\{ak+b\}_{k\ge 0}$ contains infinitely many primes. Let those primes be $p_1,p_2,\cdots$. Then the real
$$\alpha=0....
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"half arithmetic progressions" in dense sets
Fix a positive real number d>0. Szemeredi's theorem implies that for every integer k, there exists an integer N(k,d) such that if A is a subset of the interval [1,N] with density greater than d >0, ...
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residue classes of primes, covering intervals and bounds on the different ways
Take the first $n$ primes $p_1,...,p_n$ and the primorial $P_n$ .Denote by $p_i$ every prime bigger than $p_n$ and smaller than $P_n$.
1) Is that true that there always be a number in any interval of ...
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Primes in simultaneous arithmetic progressions
Suppose we're given four positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ such that $a$ and $b$ are coprime, and $c$ and $d$ are coprime. Is there a non-negative integer $k$ such that both $ak+b$ and $ck+d$ are ...
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Averages of Möbius function in arithmetic progressions
It is mentioned in multiple occasions here that the bound
$$
\mathop{\sum_{n=1}^{N}}_{n\equiv a\mod l} \mu(n) = o(N)
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is equivalent to the prime number theorem in arithmetic progressions. But I am ...
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Capset problem but considering differences with bounded support
For any dimension $D\ge 1$, we define the homomorphism $\phi: \Bbb{Z}^D\to (\Bbb{Z}/3\Bbb{Z})^D; \xi\mapsto \xi+3\Bbb{Z}^D$.
Given a set $A \subset \{0,1,2\}^D$, we define $S_A$ to be the set of $v \...
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Essential clarifications on application of pigeonhole principle
In here Lemma $4$ using pigeonhole says:
For $T_1,\dots,T_s\in\Bbb R$ with $1\leq T_1,\dots,T_s<p$ and $\prod_{i=1}^sT_i > p^{s−1}$ and any integers $a_1,\dots,a_s$ there is an integer $t$ ...
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Arithmetic progression and average of two prime numbers
Let $A=(a_n : n \in \mathbb{N})$ be the sequence given by:
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\ a_n = a_1 + (n - 1)d,\quad a_1,\ d,\ n \in \mathbb N,\quad d\gt a_1,\quad \gcd(a_1,\ d)=1.
$$
For all terms of $A$ greater than $\ \...