On a Generalization of Szemerédi's Theorem
Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia ishkredov{at}rambler.ru, ishkredo{at}mech.math.msu.su
Received 15 May 2005. Revision received 10 January 2006.
Let N be a natural number and A
[1, ..., N]2 be a set of cardinality at least
is an absolute constant. We prove that A contains a triple {(k, m), (k+d, m), (k, m+d)}, where d > 0. This theorem is a two-dimensional generalization of Szemerédi's theorem on arithmetic progressions. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 35J25, 37A15.
This work was supported by the program Leading Scientific Schools (project no. 136.2003.1), and by RFFI grant no. 02-01-00912 and INTAS (grant no. 03-51-5-70).