Polynomial patterns from squared fractional powers in dense sets

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Let a,b>1a,b>1 be distinct non-integers, and let A⊆NA\subseteq\mathbb{N} have positive upper density, meaning

lim sup⁡N→∞∣A∩{1,…,N}∣N>0.\limsup_{N\to\infty}\frac{|A\cap\{1,\ldots,N\}|}{N}>0.

Multiple recurrence conjecture. The set AA contains a pattern of the form

{m,m+⌊na⌋2,m+⌊nb⌋2},m,n∈N.\{m,m+\lfloor n^a\rfloor^2,m+\lfloor n^b\rfloor^2\},\qquad m,n\in\mathbb{N}.

This is the corresponding multiple-recurrence problem arising from the ergodic questions above and remains open.

References

Primary source

Konstantinos Tsinas, “Joint ergodicity of Hardy field sequences”, arXiv:2109.07941 (2023).

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