Abstract
We study the following generalization of Roth's theorem for 3-term arithmetic progressions. For s>1, define a nontrivial s-configuration to be a set of s(s+1)/2 integers consisting of s distinct integers x_1,...,x_s as well as all the averages (x_i+x_j)/2. Our main result states that if a set A contained in {1,2,...,N} has density at least (log N)^{-c(s)} for some positive constant c(s)>0 depending on s, then A contains a nontrivial s-configuration. We also deduce, as a corollary, an improvement of a problem involving sumfree subsets.
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