Multidimensional polynomial Szemerédi property and joint intersectivity

Let p1,,pr:ZmZkp_1,\ldots,p_r:\mathbb Z^m\to\mathbb Z^k be polynomial mappings. For a set EZkE\subseteq\mathbb Z^k of positive upper Banach density, define

NP(E)={nZm:for some aZk, {a,a+p1(n),,a+pr(n)}E}.N_P(E)=\Bigl\{n\in\mathbb Z^m:\text{for some }a\in\mathbb Z^k,\ \{a,a+p_1(n),\ldots,a+p_r(n)\}\subseteq E\Bigr\}.

The family has the SPSZ property if NP(E)N_P(E) is syndetic in Zm\mathbb Z^m for every such EE. The mappings are jointly intersective if, for every finite-index subgroup ΛZk\Lambda\leq\mathbb Z^k, there exists nZmn\in\mathbb Z^m such that p1(n),,pr(n)Λp_1(n),\ldots,p_r(n)\in\Lambda. Multidimensional SPSZ conjecture. The family {p1,,pr}\{p_1,\ldots,p_r\} has the SPSZ property if and only if the mappings p1,,prp_1,\ldots,p_r are jointly intersective. This extends the multidimensional polynomial Szemerédi theorem by conjecturing an exact characterization of when the syndetic conclusion holds.

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Vitaly Bergelson, Alexander Leibman and Emmanuel Lesigne, “Intersective polynomials and polynomial Szemeredi theorem”, arXiv:0710.4862 (2007).

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