Let $G$ be an Abelian group. Let $A \subseteq G$. In additive combinatorics, one of the primary measures of the additive structure of $A$ is its additive energy, defined as $E(A) = …

Does anyone know whether the following average converges or not when N goes to infinity. $$\frac{1}{N^2}\sum _{d=1}^N \log d \sum _{n=1}^{N/d} \frac{\phi(n)}{\log (dn)}$$

Let $A$ be a finite set of integers with $|A \hat{+} A| \leq K|A|$, where the $\hat{+}$ denotes restricted sumset: the set of all $a_1 + a_2$ with $a_1, a_2 \in A$ and $a_1 \neq a_ …

Given an integer $n$ the number of partitions of $n$ into two colors can be represented as $$p_2(n)=\sum_{k=0}^n p(k)p(n-k)$$ where $p(k)$ counts the number of ordinary partitions …

Possible Duplicate: Number of elements in the set {1,…,n}*{1,..,n} Writing $[n]$ for the set $\lbrace1,2,...,n\rbrace$, let $P_n$ denote the product set $[n].[n]$, …

I am stuck with an elementary-looking problem, which does not belong to my usual field of research so I eventually decided to ask it on MO. Let $S$ be a finite set of integers. Fo …

The following problem is motivated by pure curiosity; it is not a part of any research project and I do not have any applications. Problem: Let $\{y_1 , y_2 , \dots, y_n \}$ be …

Suppose $U\subset\mathbb{Z}_{2k}$ with $|U|=k$. Let $U^c$ denote the complement of $U$. Let $v\in \mathbb{Z}_{2k}^{\times}$. How much is it known about $U+vU^c$? For example: Whe …

This is a stronger version to Szemerédi's theorem. Let $C : \mathbb{N}\rightarrow 2^{\mathbb{N}}$ be a choice function such that $C(n)$ is a subset of $\{1,...,n\}$ with size at …

I have an optimization problem where I need to select $k$ integers over the interval $[0, N]$ s.t. I maximize the minimum difference between any pairwise sum of the $k$ integers (w …

This is inspired by a recent question. A set $A \subset \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ with $|A|=m$ is a Sidon set if all the pairwise sums of distinct elements are unequal: $A+A=\{a+a' …

Almost 17 years ago, I asked the following question on USENET, motivated by a method in numerology (I kid you not). Pick integers $n \ge 2$, $k \ge 1$. Toss $n$ $k$-sided dice. T …

How can I recover a Sidon set $A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ from the set $A-A\subseteq \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$? Is it even unique? (up to translation and reflection) ($A-A$ …

The Cauchy-Davenport Theorem says that if $A_1, \ldots, A_k$ are subsets of ${\mathbb Z}_p$, $p$ prime, then $| \sum_i A_i | \geq \min (p, \sum_i |A_i| -k +1)$. I am looking for a …

Let $A \subseteq \{1, \dots, n\}$ and let $A-A = \{a-b | a,b \in A\}$. Is it possible to obtain a general bound of the form $|A - A| = O(n^\beta)$ for some $\beta < 1$? If not, …