Israel Journal of Mathematics

, Volume 221, Issue 1, pp 317–365 | Cite as

Upper tails for arithmetic progressions in random subsets

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Abstract

We study the upper tail of the number of arithmetic progressions of a given length in a random subset of {1,..., n}, establishing exponential bounds which are best possible up to constant factors in the exponent. The proof also extends to Schur triples, and, more generally, to the number of edges in random induced subhypergraphs of ‘almost linear’ k-uniform hypergraphs.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical StatisticsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK

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