Long arithmetic progressions in sumsets: Thresholds and bounds

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-169

  Szemeredi E ^a   Vu, V ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic progressions; Complete and subcomplete sequences; Generalized arithmetic progressions; Inverse theorems; Sumsets

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644457842     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00502-3     Document Type: Article

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