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Notes on Number Theory II : On a theorem of van der Waerden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Leo Moser
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A well known theorem of van der Waerden [1] states that given any two positive integers k and t, there exists a positive integer m such that in every distribution of the numbers 1,2, …, m into k classes, at least one class contains an arithmetic progression of t + 1 terms. Other proofs and generalizations of this theorem have been given by Griinwald [2], Witt [3] and Lukomskaya [4]. The last mentioned proof appears in the booklet of Khinchin “Three pearls of number theory” in which van der Waerden's theorem plays the role of the first pearl.

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Research Article
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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , 01 January 1960 , pp. 23 - 25
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1960

References

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