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Note on unique representation bases

Number Theory 2026-02-10 v1

Abstract

Answering affirmatively a 2007 problem of Chen, the first author proved that there is a unique representation basis AA of Z\mathbb{Z} and a constant c>0c>0 such that A(x,x)cx A(-x,x)\ge c\sqrt{x} for infinitely many positive integers xx, where A(x,x)=A[x,x]A(-x,x)=\big|A\cap[-x, x]\big|. Let cAc_{\mathscr{A}} be the least upper bound for such cc. It was proved in the former article by the first author that 2/2cA2\sqrt{2}/2\le c_{\mathscr{A}}\le \sqrt{2}. In this note, the prior result is improved to cA1c_{\mathscr{A}}\ge 1.

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@article{arxiv.2602.07743,
  title  = {Note on unique representation bases},
  author = {Yuchen Ding and Jie Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.07743},
  year   = {2026}
}
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