Bergelson–Hindman–Leader partition conjecture for the nonzero rationals

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Let Q∖{0}\mathbb{Q}\setminus\{0\} be partitioned into finitely many sets,

Q∖{0}=⋃i=1rAi.\mathbb{Q}\setminus\{0\}=\bigcup_{i=1}^{r}A_i.

For a sequence ⟨xn⟩n=1∞\langle x_n\rangle_{n=1}^{\infty}, let FS(⟨xn⟩n=1∞)FS(\langle x_n\rangle_{n=1}^{\infty}) denote its finite sums and FP(⟨xn⟩n=1∞)FP(\langle x_n\rangle_{n=1}^{\infty}) its finite products. Bergelson–Hindman–Leader conjecture. There exists a finite partition

Q∖{0}=⋃i=1rAi\mathbb{Q}\setminus\{0\}=\bigcup_{i=1}^{r}A_i

such that there do not exist i∈{1,2,…,r}i\in\{1,2,\ldots,r\} and a sequence ⟨xn⟩n=1∞\langle x_n\rangle_{n=1}^{\infty} with

FS(⟨xn⟩n=1∞)∪FP(⟨xn⟩n=1∞)⊆Ai.FS(\langle x_n\rangle_{n=1}^{\infty})\cup FP(\langle x_n\rangle_{n=1}^{\infty})\subseteq A_i.

This extends the corresponding result for dyadic rational numbers; the source presents it as a conjecture from Bergelson, Hindman, and Leader, and its resolution is not indicated here.

References

Primary source

Tanushree Biswas, “Combined Properties of Finite Sums And Finite products near zero”, arXiv:1703.01581 (2017).

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