Two dimensional arithmetic progressions avoiding squares

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Main Authors: Dietmann, Rainer, Elsholtz, Christian
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Published: 2026
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author Dietmann, Rainer
Elsholtz, Christian
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Elsholtz, Christian
contents We show that any proper symmetric two dimensional arithmetic progression contained in the interval $[-T,T]$ which avoids non-zero perfect squares has at most $O_\varepsilon(T^{20/27+\varepsilon})$ elements. This improves on a result of Croot, Lyall and Rice. We also discuss lower bounds for this problem and their connections to bounds for the least quadratic non-residue modulo a prime.
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spellingShingle Two dimensional arithmetic progressions avoiding squares
Dietmann, Rainer
Elsholtz, Christian
Number Theory
Primary: 11B25, Secondary: 11D09, 11P70
We show that any proper symmetric two dimensional arithmetic progression contained in the interval $[-T,T]$ which avoids non-zero perfect squares has at most $O_\varepsilon(T^{20/27+\varepsilon})$ elements. This improves on a result of Croot, Lyall and Rice. We also discuss lower bounds for this problem and their connections to bounds for the least quadratic non-residue modulo a prime.
title Two dimensional arithmetic progressions avoiding squares
topic Number Theory
Primary: 11B25, Secondary: 11D09, 11P70
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11104