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On sets with sum and difference structure

Number Theory 2022-05-16 v1

Abstract

For nonempty sets A,BA,B of nonnegative integers and an integer nn, let rA,B(n)r_{A,B}(n) be the number of representations of nn as a+ba+b and dA,B(n)d_{A,B}(n) be the number of representations of nn as aba-b, where aA,bBa\in A, b\in B. In this paper, we determine the sets A,BA,B such that rA,B(n)=1r_{A,B}(n)=1 for every nonnegative integer nn. We also consider the \emph{difference} structure and prove that: there exist sets AA and BB of nonnegative integers such that rA,B(n)1r_{A,B}(n)\ge 1 for all large nn, A(x)B(x)=(1+o(1))xA(x)B(x)=(1+o(1))x and for any given nonnegative integer cc, we have dA,B(n)=cd_{A,B}(n)=c for infinitely many positive integers nn. Other related results are also contained.

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@article{arxiv.2205.06553,
  title  = {On sets with sum and difference structure},
  author = {Jin-Hui Fang and Csaba Sándor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.06553},
  year   = {2022}
}

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