Erdős Problem #195 — Monotone arithmetic progressions in permutations of the integers

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What is the largest natural number kk such that every permutation of Z\mathbb Z contains a monotone kk-term arithmetic progression? Equivalently, determine

sup⁡{k∈N: for every bijection f:Z→Z, f contains a k-term arithmetic progression in monotone order}.\sup\left\{k\in\mathbb N:\text{ for every bijection }f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z,\ f\text{ contains a }k\text{-term arithmetic progression in monotone order}\right\}.

Here “contains in monotone order” means that the terms of the arithmetic progression occur in the order prescribed by the permutation.

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