Large sets containing no copies of a given infinite sequence

Abstract: Suppose

a_{n}

is a real, nonnegative sequence that does not increase exponentially. For any

p < 1

we contruct a Lebesgue measurable set

E s u b s e t e q m a t h b b R

which has measure at least

p

in any unit interval and which contains no affine copy

x + t a_{n} : n i n m a t h b b N

of the given sequence (for any

x i n m a t h b b R, t > 0

). We generalize this to higher dimensions and also for some ``non-linear copies of the sequence. Our method is probabilistic.

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