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Erdős Problem 221

References:

    erdosproblems.com/221

    [Lo54] Lorentz, G. G., On a problem of additive number theory. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. (1954), 838-841.

    [Ru72] Ruzsa, Jr., I., On a problem of P. Erdős. Canad. Math. Bull. (1972), 309-310.

open Filter Asymptotics namespace Erdos221

Is there a set $A\subset\mathbb{N}$ such that, for all large $N$, $$\lvert A\cap{1,\ldots,N}\rvert \ll N/\log N$$ and such that every large integer can be written as $2^k+a$ for some $k\geq 0$ and $a\in A$?

Lorentz [Lo54] proved there is such a set with, for all large $N$, $$\lvert A\cap{1,\ldots,N}\rvert \ll \frac{\log\log N}{\log N}N$$ The answer is yes, proved by Ruzsa [Ru72].

@[category research solved, AMS 11, formal_proof using lean4 at "https://github.com/Woett/Lean-files/blob/main/ErdosProblem221.lean"] theorem declaration uses 'sorry'erdos_221 : answer(True) A : Set , ((fun N => ({a A | a N}.ncard : )) (fun N => (N : ) / Real.log N)) ∀ᶠ N in atTop, k a, 0 k a A N = 2 ^ k + a := True A, ((fun N => {a | a A a N}.ncard) =O[atTop] fun N => N / Real.log N) ∀ᶠ (N : ) in atTop, k a, 0 k a A N = 2 ^ k + a All goals completed! 🐙 end Erdos221