On the degree of regularity of generalized van der Waerden triples

Publication date 13 February 2007

Abstract: Let

1 l e q a l e q b

be integers. A triple of the form

(x, a x + d, b x + 2 d)

, where

x, d

are positive integers is called an {em (a,b)-triple}. The {em degree of regularity} of the family of all

(a, b)

-triples, denoted dor(

a, b)

, is the maximum integer

r

such that every

r

-coloring of

m a t h b b N

admits a monochromatic

(a, b)

-triple. We settle, in the affirmative, the conjecture that dor

(a, b) < i n f t y

for all

(a, b) e q (1, 1)

. We also disprove the conjecture that dor(

a, b) i n 1, 2, i n f t y

for all

(a, b)

.

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