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: <math>c'_0 = 1; c'_1 = 2; c'_2 = 6; c'_3 = 16; c'_4 = 43.</math> | : <math>c'_0 = 1; c'_1 = 2; c'_2 = 6; c'_3 = 16; c'_4 = 43.</math> | ||
The best known lower bound for <math>c'_n</math> is | Beyond this point, we only have some crude upper and lower bounds, e.g. <math>96 \leq c'_5 \leq 129</math>; see [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p5T0SktZY9DsU-uZ1tK7VEg this spreadsheet] for the latest bounds. | ||
The best known asymptotic lower bound for <math>c'_n</math> is | |||
: <math>c'_n \gg 3^n/\sqrt{n}</math>, | : <math>c'_n \gg 3^n/\sqrt{n}</math>, | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 13 February 2009
Let [math]\displaystyle{ c'_n }[/math] denote the largest subset of [math]\displaystyle{ [3]^n }[/math] which does not contain any geometric line (which is the same as a combinatorial line, but has a second wildcard y which goes from 3 to 1 whilst x goes from 1 to 3, e.g. xx2yy gives the geometric line 11233, 22222, 33211). The Moser cube problem is to understand the behaviour of [math]\displaystyle{ c'_n }[/math]. The first few values are (see OEIS A003142):
- [math]\displaystyle{ c'_0 = 1; c'_1 = 2; c'_2 = 6; c'_3 = 16; c'_4 = 43. }[/math]
Beyond this point, we only have some crude upper and lower bounds, e.g. [math]\displaystyle{ 96 \leq c'_5 \leq 129 }[/math]; see this spreadsheet for the latest bounds.
The best known asymptotic lower bound for [math]\displaystyle{ c'_n }[/math] is
- [math]\displaystyle{ c'_n \gg 3^n/\sqrt{n} }[/math],
formed by fixing the number of 2s to a single value near n/3. Is it possible to do any better? Note that we have a [upper and lower bounds|significantly better bound] for [math]\displaystyle{ c_n }[/math]:
- [math]\displaystyle{ c'_n \geq 3^{n-O(\sqrt{\log n})} }[/math].
