An Improvement of Konstantoulas' Density Constant

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Main Authors: Li, Huixi, Zhang, Zihan
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author Li, Huixi
Zhang, Zihan
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Zhang, Zihan
contents Let $A\subset N$, and define its ordered representation function $r(n)=\#\{(a,b)\in A\times A:a+b=n\}.$ The Erdos--Turan conjecture asserts that, if $r(n) > 0$ for all sufficiently large $n$, then $r(n)$ is unbounded. Konstantoulas proved a density-theoretic version: if the upper density of $E=N\setminus(A+A)$ is less than $1/10$, then $\limsup_{n\to\infty} r(n)> 5$. In this paper, we improve Konstantoulas' constant to $7/32$. We also prove that $D(E)< 1/2$ implies $\limsup_{n\to\infty} r(n) > 3$, and give a conditional criterion forcing $\limsup_{n\to\infty} r(n)>7$.
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Li, Huixi
Zhang, Zihan
Number Theory
Let $A\subset N$, and define its ordered representation function $r(n)=\#\{(a,b)\in A\times A:a+b=n\}.$ The Erdos--Turan conjecture asserts that, if $r(n) > 0$ for all sufficiently large $n$, then $r(n)$ is unbounded. Konstantoulas proved a density-theoretic version: if the upper density of $E=N\setminus(A+A)$ is less than $1/10$, then $\limsup_{n\to\infty} r(n)> 5$. In this paper, we improve Konstantoulas' constant to $7/32$. We also prove that $D(E)< 1/2$ implies $\limsup_{n\to\infty} r(n) > 3$, and give a conditional criterion forcing $\limsup_{n\to\infty} r(n)>7$.
title An Improvement of Konstantoulas' Density Constant
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30922