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Fred T
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Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts
One can also prove this using Dilworth's theorem or Mirsky's theorem!
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Can the positive integers be colored so that elements of same color never add to a square?
@mathworker21 yes indeed, I misread the question and answered something different (which was equivalent to the Pythagorean question)
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Can the positive integers be colored so that elements of same color never add to a square?
@ZachHunter I think I misinterpreted the question - I thought that the square $z^2$ needed to be the same colour as $x,y$. I'll edit my answer, thank you.
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Can the positive integers be colored so that elements of same color never add to a square?
@ZachHunter but my point was, once you partition out the non squares (which clearly don't contain a solution) you just need to partition the square numbers. So we only have to worry about the case when $x,y$ are square, which is why I claim its equivalent to the Pythagorean triple problem. I may be wrong though, so if I misunderstood your comment let me know!
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Additive basis of a set union the square of the set
@JoshuaZ and does $S$ need to be positive integers, or just any integers?
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Additive basis of a set union the square of the set
@GerryMyerson yes it does, thank you for pointing this out. I guess if $S$ is a finite set then it holds, but for infinite sets it certainly does not. I will add an edit to mark this in my answer.
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Additive basis of a set union the square of the set
@GerryMyerson you are absolutely right, thank you - I will edit my answer