The wildcard set's size in the density Hales-Jewett theorem (Q540124)

Summary: In this paper prove results concerning restrictions on the cardinality of the wildcard set in the density Hales-Jewett theorem, establishing in particular that for general \(k\) one may choose this cardinality from any IP set and that for \(k = 2\) it may be chosen to be a square, thus providing an abstract extension of Sárközy's theorem on square differences in sets of positive upper density.