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Ben Green's Open Problem 14

It remains an interesting open problem to actually write down a colouring showing (say) W(3,r)2r2W(3, r) \ge 2r^2 for some rr. [Gr24]

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It remains an interesting open problem to actually write down a colouring showing (say) W(3,r)2r2W(3, r) \ge 2r^2 for some rr. [Gr24]

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green_14_variant_2r2

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theorem green_14_variant_2r2 :    -- Provide a pair (r, associated coloring) that avoids the monochromatic APs    -- To show $W(3, r) > 2r^2 - 1$, we need a coloring of $\{1, \ldots, 2r^2 - 1\}$    -- that avoids monochromatic APs of length 3 and $r$.    let ans : Σ r : , Icc 1 (2 * r^2 - 1)  Fin 2 := answer(sorry)    let r := ans.1    let c := ans.2    3  r     ¬ (( s : Finset (Icc 1 (2 * r^2 - 1)), ({(s' : ) | s'  s}).IsAPOfLength 3   x  s, c x = 0)        ( s : Finset (Icc 1 (2 * r^2 - 1)), ({(s' : ) | s'  s}).IsAPOfLength r   x  s, c x = 1)) := by  sorry
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