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Renling Jin

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arXiv2026

A simultaneous extension of Ramsey, Hindman, and Hales-Jewett Theorems

We prove a multidimensional extension of a strong Hales-Jewett theorem that simultaneously and "directly" extends Ramsey's theorem and Hindman's theorem. The proofs show the effectiveness and simplicity of the techniques based on iterated nonstandard extensions that have been recently developed. Unlike existing ultrafilter proofs, our arguments to prove the strong Hales-Jewett theorem assume neither minimal nor idempotent ultrafilters. To demonstrate this, we translate our proof of the strong Hales-Jewett theorem into an ultrafilter proof that requires only non-principal ultrafilters.

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arXiv2024

Foundations of iterated star maps and their use in combinatorics

We develop a framework for nonstandard analysis that gives foundations to the interplay between external and internal iterations of the star map, and we present a few examples to show the strength and flexibility of such a nonstandard technique for applications in combinatorial number theory.

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arXiv2017

Abstract densities and ideals of sets

Abstract upper densities are monotone and subadditive functions from the power set of positive integers to the unit real interval that generalize the upper densities used in number theory, including the upper asymptotic density, the upper Banach density, and the upper logarithmic density. We answer a question posed by G. Grekos in 2013, and prove the existence of translation invariant abstract upper densities onto the unit interval, whose null sets are precisely the family of finite sets, or the family of sequences whose series of reciprocals converge. We also show that no such density can be atomless. (More generally, these results also hold for a large class of summable ideals.)

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arXiv2015

Approximate polynomial structure in additively large sets

We show that any subset of the natural numbers with positive logarithmic Banach density contains a set that is within a factor of two of a geometric progression, improving the bound on a previous result of the authors. Density conditions on subsets of the natural numbers that imply the existence of approximate powers of arithmetic progressions are developed and explored.

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arXiv2015

High density piecewise syndeticity of product sets in amenable groups

M. Beiglböck, V. Bergelson, and A. Fish proved that if $G$ is a countable amenable group and $A$ and $B$ are subsets of $G$ with positive Banach density, then the product set $AB$ is piecewise syndetic. This means that there is a finite subset $E$ of $G$ such that $EAB$ is thick, that is, $EAB$ contains translates of any finite subset of $G$. When $G=\mathbb{Z}$, this was first proven by R. Jin. We prove a quantitative version of the aforementioned result by providing a lower bound on the density (with respect to a Følner sequence) of the set of witnesses to the thickness of $% EAB$. When $G=\mathbb{Z}^d$, this result was first proven by the current set of authors using completely different techniques.

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arXiv2015

A monad measure space for logarithmic density

We provide a framework for proofs of structural theorems about sets with positive Banach logarithmic density. For example, we prove that if $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ has positive Banach logarithmic density, then $A$ contains an approximate geometric progression of any length. We also prove that if $A,B\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ have positive Banach logarithmic density, then there are arbitrarily long intervals whose gaps on $A\cdot B$ are multiplicatively bounded, a multiplicative version Jin's sumset theorem. The main technical tool is the use of a quotient of a Loeb measure space with respect to a multiplicative cut.

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arXiv2014

On a sumset conjecture of Erdős

Erdős conjectured that for any set $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ with positive lower asymptotic density, there are infinite sets $B,C\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that $B+C\subseteq A$. We verify Erdős' conjecture in the case that $A$ has Banach density exceeding $\frac{1}{2}$. As a consequence, we prove that, for $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ with positive Banach density (a much weaker assumption than positive lower density), we can find infinite $B,C\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that $B+C$ is contained in the union of $A$ and a translate of $A$. Both of the aforementioned results are generalized to arbitrary countable amenable groups. We also provide a positive solution to Erdős' conjecture for subsets of the natural numbers that are pseudorandom.

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arXiv2013

High density piecewise syndeticity of sumsets

Renling Jin proved that if A and B are two subsets of the natural numbers with positive Banach density, then A+B is piecewise syndetic. In this paper, we prove that, under various assumptions on positive lower or upper densities of A and B, there is a high density set of witnesses to the piecewise syndeticity of A+B. Most of the result are shown to hold more generally for subsets of Z^d. The key technical tool is a Lebesgue density theorem for measure spaces induced by cuts in the nonstandard integers.

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arXiv2013

Detailed Structure for Freiman's 3k-3 Theorem

Let A be a finite set of integers. We prove that if |A| is at least 2 and |A+A| is 3|A|-3, then one of the following is true: 1. A is a bi-arithmetic progression; 2. A+A contains an arithmetic progression of length 2|A|-1; 3. |A| is 6 and A is Freiman isomorphic to the set {(0,0),(0,1),(0,2),(1,0),(1,1),(2,0)}; 4. A is Freiman isomorphic to a set in either the form of {0,2,...,2k} union B union {n} for some non-negative integer k at most n/2 -2 or the form of {0} union C union D union {n}, where n=2|A|-2, B is left dense in [2k,n-1], C is right dense in [1,u] for some u in [4,n-6], D is left dense in [u+2,n-1], B,C,D are anti-symmetric and additively minimal in the correspondent host intervals.

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arXiv2012

An integer construction of infinitesimals: Toward a theory of Eudoxus hyperreals

A construction of the real number system based on almost homomorphisms of the integers Z was proposed by Schanuel, Arthan, and others. We combine such a construction with the ultrapower or limit ultrapower construction, to construct the hyperreals out of integers. In fact, any hyperreal field, whose universe is a set, can be obtained by such a one-step construction directly out of integers. Even the maximal (i.e., On-saturated) hyperreal number system described by Kanovei and Reeken (2004) and independently by Ehrlich (2012) can be obtained in this fashion, albeit not in NBG. In NBG, it can be obtained via a one-step construction by means of a definable ultrapower (modulo a suitable definable class ultrafilter).

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arXiv2010

Finding integral diagonal pairs in a two dimensional $\mathcal{N}$--set

According to [1] an $n$-dimensional $\mathcal{N}$--set is a compact subset $A$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that for every $x$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ there is $y$ in $A$ with $y-x$ in $\mathbb{Z}^n$. We prove that every two dimensional $\mathcal{N}$--set $A$ must contain distinct points $x,y$ such that $x-y$ is in $\mathbb{Z}^2$ and $x-y$ is neither horizontal nor vertical. This answers a question of P. Hegarty and M. Nathanson.

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arXiv2005

Characterizing the structure of A when the ratio |2A|/|A| is bounded by 3+epsilon

Let N be the set all of non-negative integers, let A be a finite subset of N, and let (2A) be the set of all numbers of form a+b for each a and b in A. The arithmetic structure of A was accurately characterized by Freiman when (i) |2A|<3|A|-3, (ii) |2A|=3|A|-3, or (iii) |2A|=3|A|-2. It is also suggested by Freiman that for characterizing the arithmetic structure of A when |2A|>3|A|-2, analytic methods need to be used. However, the interesting and more general results of Freiman, which use analytic methods, no longer give the arithmetic structure of A as precise as the results mentioned above. In this paper we characterize, with the help of nonstandard analysis, the arithmetic structure of A along the same lines as Freiman's results mentioned above when |2A|=3|A|-3+b where b is positive but not too large. Precisely, we prove that there is a positive real number epsilon and a natural number K such that if |A|>K and |2A|=3|A|-3+b for b between 0 and epsilon times |A|, then A is either a subset of an arithmetic progression of length at most 2|A|-1+2b or a subset of a bi-arithmetic progression of length at most |A|+b. The union of two arithmetic progressions I and J of the same difference d is called a bi-arithmetic progression if I+I, I+J, and J+J are pairwise disjoint.

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arXiv1998

Possible Size of an ultrapower of omega

Let omega be the first infinite ordinal (or the set of all natural numbers) with the usual order <. In section 1 we show that, assuming the consistency of a supercompact cardinal, there may exist an ultrapower of omega, whose cardinality is (1) a singular strong limit cardinal, (2) a strongly inaccessible cardinal. This answers two questions in [CK], modulo the assumption of supercompactness. In section 2 we construct several lambda-Archimedean ultrapowers of omega under some large cardinal assumptions. For example, we show that, assuming the consistency of a measurable cardinal, there may exist a lambda-Archimedean ultrapower of omega for some uncountable cardinal lambda. This answers a question in [KS], modulo the assumption of measurability.

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arXiv1995

Can a small forcing create Kurepa trees?

In the paper we probe the possibilities of creating a Kurepa tree in a generic extension of a model of CH plus no Kurepa trees by an omega_1-preserving forcing notion of size at most omega_1. In the first section we show that in the Levy model obtained by collapsing all cardinals between omega_1 and a strongly inaccessible cardinal by forcing with a countable support Levy collapsing order many omega_1-preserving forcing notions of size at most omega_1 including all omega-proper forcing notions and some proper but not omega-proper forcing notions of size at most omega_1 do not create Kurepa trees. In the second section we construct a model of CH plus no Kurepa trees, in which there is an omega-distributive Aronszajn tree such that forcing with that Aronszajn tree does create a Kurepa tree in the generic extension. At the end of the paper we ask three questions.

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arXiv1994

The strength of the isomorphism property

In section 1 of this paper, we characterize the isomorphism property of nonstandard universes in terms of the realization of some second--order types in model theory. In section 2, several applications are given. One of the applications answers a question of D. Ross about infinite Loeb measure spaces

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arXiv1994

Essential Kurepa trees versus essential Jech---Kunen trees

By an omega_1 --tree we mean a tree of size omega_1 and height omega_1. An omega_1 --tree is called a Kurepa tree if all its levels are countable and it has more than omega_1 branches. An omega_1 --tree is called a Jech--Kunen tree if it has kappa branches for some kappa strictly between omega_1 and 2^{omega_1}. A Kurepa tree is called an essential Kurepa tree if it contains no Jech--Kunen subtrees. A Jech--Kunen tree is called an essential Jech--Kunen tree if it contains no Kurepa subtrees. In this paper we prove that (1) it is consistent with CH and 2^{omega_1}> omega_2 that there exist essential Kurepa trees and there are no essential Jech--Kunen trees, (2) it is consistent with CH and 2^{omega_1}> omega_2 plus the existence of a Kurepa tree with 2^{omega_1} branches that there exist essential Jech--Kunen trees and there are no essential Kurepa trees. In the second result we require the existence of a Kurepa tree with 2^{omega_1} branches in order to avoid triviality.

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arXiv1993

A model in which there are Jech-Kunen trees but there are no Kurepa trees

By an omega_1 --tree we mean a tree of power omega_1 and height omega_1. We call an omega_1 --tree a Jech--Kunen tree if it has kappa --many branches for some kappa strictly between omega_1 and 2^{omega_1}. In this paper we construct the models of CH plus 2^{omega_1}> omega_2, in which there are Jech--Kunen trees and there are no Kurepa trees.

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