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Erdős problem 138

If W(k)W(k) is the least NN such that every two-colouring of {1,,N}\{1, \dots, N\} contains a monochromatic kk-term arithmetic progression, must W(k+1)W(k)W(k+1) - W(k) \to \infty?

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Gowers [Go01] has proved W(k) \leq 2^{2^{2^{2^{2^{k+9}}}}.

FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138.leanErdos138.erdos_138.variants.upper1 lineExact file
∀ (k : ℕ), Erdos138.W k ≤ 2 ^ 2 ^ 2 ^ 2 ^ 2 ^ (k + 9)
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