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Idempotent-ultrafilter proof of Hindman's theorem

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Choose an idempotent ultrafilter on the natural numbers U and a color class A∈U. The set
A∗={x∈A:A−x∈U}
(1)
also belongs to U, and A∗−x∈U for every x∈A∗. Recursively choosing each new term from the finitely many required translates of A∗ puts every nonempty finite sum in A.

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