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arxiv: 1307.8135 · v1 · pith:UAMIX4J7new · submitted 2013-07-30 · 🧮 math.NT

Irrational numbers associated to sequences without geometric progressions

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Let s and k be integers with s \geq 2 and k \geq 2. Let g_k^{(s)}(n) denote the cardinality of the largest subset of the set {1,2,..., n} that contains no geometric progression of length k whose common ratio is a power of s. Let r_k(\ell) denote the cardinality of the largest subset of the set {0,1,2,\ldots, \ell -1\} that contains no arithmetric progression of length k. The limit \[ \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \frac{g_k^{(s)}(n)}{n} = (s-1) \sum_{m=1}^{\infty} \left(\frac{1}{s} \right)^{\min \left(r_k^{-1}(m)\right)} \] exists and converges to an irrational number.

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