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Cliques in the Paley graph and a problem of Sarkozy
The following question is motivated by pure curiosity; it is not a part
of any research project and I do not have any applications. The question
comes as an interpolation between two notoriously ...
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If $A+A+A$ contains the extremes, does it contain the middle?
Let $b \ge 1$ and $A\subseteq [0,b]$ be a set of integers (all intervals will be of integers).
Write $hA := \underbrace{A + \ldots + A}_{h\text{ summands}} = \{ \sum_{i=1}^h a_i ~|~a_i \in A,\, \...
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Sumsets that contains many squares, Improvement on the bound
I'm being troubled by this problem on AoPS:
https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h1998237p13955033
I searched for any literature related to it such as
Nguyen, Hoi H., and Van H. Vu., Squares ...
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Gaps in sumsets and difference sets
a) Let $S\subset \{1,2,\dotsc,N\}$ be a fairly thick set (with at least $N^{1-\epsilon}$ elements, say). Suppose that the intersection of, say,
$$3 S - 3 S = \{a_1+a_2+a_3-(a_4+a_5+a_6): a_1,\dotsc,...
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Dividing a finite arithmetic progression into two sets of same sum: always the same asymptotics?
This is inspired by the recent question How many solutions $\pm1\pm2\pm3…\pm n=0$.
The oeis entries A063865 linked to this question and A292476/A156700 for the related one "How many solutions $\pm1\...