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The counting version of a problem of Erd\H{o}s

Combinatorics 2020-09-16 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

A set AA of natural numbers possesses property Ph\mathcal{P}_h, if there are no distinct elements a0,a1,,ahAa_0,a_1,\dots ,a_h\in A with a0a_0 dividing the product a1a2aha_1a_2\dots a_h. Erd\H{o}s determined the maximum size of a subset of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots, n\} possessing property P2\mathcal{P}_2. More recently, Chan, Gy\H{o}ri and S\'ark\"ozy solved the case h=3h=3, finally the general case also got resolved by Chan, the maximum size is π(n)+Θh(n2/(h+1)(logn)2)\pi(n)+\Theta_h(\frac{n^{2/(h+1)}}{(\log n)^{2}}). In this note we consider the counting version of this problem and show that the number of subsets of {1,,n}\{1,\ldots, n\} possessing property Ph\mathcal{P}_h is T(n)eΘ(n2/3/logn)T(n)\cdot e^{\Theta(n^{2/3}/\log n)} for a certain function T(n)(3.517)π(n)T(n)\approx (3.517\dots)^{\pi(n)}. For h>2h>2 we prove that the number of subsets possessing property Ph\mathcal{P}_h is T(n)en(1+o(1))T(n)\cdot e^{\sqrt{n}(1+o(1))}. This is a rare example in which the order of magnitude of the lower order term in the exponent is also determined.

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@article{arxiv.2009.05305,
  title  = {The counting version of a problem of Erd\H{o}s},
  author = {Péter Pál Pach and Richárd Palincza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.05305},
  year   = {2020}
}

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accepted, final version