The arithmetic-progression conjecture for very triangular numbers

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Let tj=j(j+1)/2t_j=j(j+1)/2 be the jjth triangular number, let VTVT denote the set of very triangular numbers, and let AP(k)AP(k) denote an arithmetic progression of positive integers of length kk.

Very triangular arithmetic-progression conjecture. For any positive integer kk, there exists an arithmetic progression AP(k)AP(k) of length kk such that tj∈VTt_j\in VT for all j∈AP(k)j\in AP(k).

This is the very triangular analogue of the Green–Tao phenomenon for arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

References

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Audrey Baumheckel and Tamás Forgács, “An exploration of very triangular numbers”, arXiv:2105.10354 (2023).

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