The VIP-system nice recurrence conjecture

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Let F\mathcal F be the collection of all non-empty finite subsets of N\mathbb N, let GG be a countable abelian group, and let v:FGv:\mathcal F\to G be a VIP-system, meaning that there is a tNt\in\mathbb N such that for every pairwise disjoint α0,,αtF\alpha_0,\ldots,\alpha_t\in\mathcal F,

β{0,,t}β(1)βv(jβαj)=0G.\sum_{\substack{\beta\subseteq\{0,\ldots,t\}\\ \beta\ne\emptyset}}(-1)^{|\beta|}v\left(\bigcup_{j\in\beta}\alpha_j\right)=0_G.

VIP-system recurrence conjecture. The VIP-system vv is good for nice recurrence.

The statement is presented as a simplified equivalent form of a conjecture of Bergelson and McCutcheon. Its resolution is not supplied in the provided text.

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Primary source

Rigoberto Zelada, “Polynomial maps which are not good for nice recurrence and applications”, arXiv:2607.27582 (2026).

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