The divergence conjecture for Fibonacci and arithmetic-progression sequences

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Let FF denote the Fibonacci numbers, let APFAP_F denote the associated arithmetic-progression sequence, and let Δ(L,k;r)\Delta(L,k;r) and n(APF,k;r)n(AP_F,k;r) be the parameters defined in the paper for the corresponding Ramsey-type problems. The notation Δ(F,3;4)\Delta(F,3;4) denotes the first parameter for Fibonacci sequences with the indicated values, while n(APF,4;2)n(AP_F,4;2) denotes the corresponding parameter for APFAP_F. Divergence conjecture.

Δ(F,3;4)=n(APF,4;2)=∞.\Delta(F,3;4)=n(AP_F,4;2)=\infty.

The conjecture is motivated by the large gaps between the known values and bounds for nearby parameters: the paper proves Δ(F,4;4)=∞\Delta(F,4;4)=\infty and n(APF,5;2)=∞n(AP_F,5;2)=\infty, while computational results give Δ(F,3;2)>100000\Delta(F,3;2)>100000 and n(APF,4;2)>8000n(AP_F,4;2)>8000.

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William J. Wesley, “Improved Ramsey-type theorems for Fibonacci numbers and other sequences”, arXiv:2211.05167 (2022).

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