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We study the maximum size of Sidon sets in unions of integers intervals. If $A\subseteq\mathbb{N}$ is the union of two intervals and if $\left| A \right|=n$ (where $\left| A \right|$ denotes the cardinality of $A$), we prove that $A$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Robin Riblet

We highlight a certain compactness of Sidon sets and $B_2[g]$-sets and provide several applications. Notably, we prove the existence of such sets that maximize certain functions. In particular, we show the existence of a Sidon set whose…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Robin Riblet , Titien Schehr

Let (G, *) be a semigroup, D subset of G, and n >= 2 be an integer. We say that (D, *) is an n-closed subset of G if a_1* ... *a_n in D for every a_1, ..., a_n in D. Hence every closed set is a 2-closed set. The concept of n-closed sets…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-07-27 Ayman Badawi

Given $h,g \in \mathbb{N}$, we write a set $X \subset \mathbb{Z}$ to be a $B_{h}^{+}[g]$ set if for any $n \in \mathbb{Z}$, the number of solutions to the additive equation $n = x_1 + \dots + x_h$ with $x_1, \dots, x_h \in X$ is at most…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-03 Yifan Jing , Akshat Mudgal

A set $S\subset \mathbb{N}$ is a Sidon set if all pairwise sums $s_1+s_2$ (for $s_1, s_2\in S$, $s_1\leq s_2$) are distinct. A set $S\subset \mathbb{N}$ is an asymptotic basis of order 3 if every sufficiently large integer $n$ can be…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-14 Cédric Pilatte

We give explicit constructions of sets S with the property that for each integer k, there are at most g solutions to k=s_1+s_2, s_i\in S; such sets are called Sidon sets if g=2 and generalized Sidon sets if g\ge 3. We extend to generalized…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Greg Martin , Kevin O'Bryant

A symmetric subset of the reals is one that remains invariant under some reflection z --> c-z. We consider, for any 0 < x <= 1, the largest real number D(x) such that every subset of $[0,1]$ with measure greater than x contains a symmetric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-04 Greg Martin , Kevin O'Bryant

A subset $S$ of real numbers is called bi-Sidon if it is a Sidon set with respect to both addition and multiplication, i.e., if all pairwise sums and all pairwise products of elements of $S$ are distinct. Imre Ruzsa asked the following…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-16 János Pach , Dmitrii Zakharov

We give asymptotic sharp estimates for the cardinality of a set of residue classes with the property that the representation function is bounded by a prescribed number. We then use this to obtain an analogous result for sets of integers,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Javier Cilleruelo , Imre Z. Ruzsa , Carlos Vinuesa

Let~$A$ be a set of nonnegative integers. Let~$(h A)^{(t)}$ be the set of all integers in the sumset~$hA$ that have at least~$t$ representations as a sum of~$h$ elements of~$A$. In this paper, we prove that, if~$k \geq 2$,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-23 Jun-Yu Zhou , Quan-Hui Yang

We prove that the diameter of a Sidon set (also known as a Babcock sequence, Golomb ruler, or $B_2$ set) with $k$ elements is at least $k^2-b k^{3/2}-O(k)$ where $b\le 1.96365$, a comparatively large improvement on past results.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-01 Daniel Carter , Zach Hunter , Kevin O'Bryant

A sequence $a_0<a_1<\ldots<a_n$ of nonnegative integers is called a Sidon sequence if the sums of pairs $a_i+a_j$ are all different. In this paper we construct CAT(0) groups and spaces from Sidon sequences. The arithmetic condition of Sidon…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Sylvain Barré , Mikaël Pichot

A subset $A$ of an additive abelian group is an $h$-Sidon set if every element in the $h$-fold sumset $hA$ has a unique representation as the sum of $h$ not necessarily distinct elements of $A$. Let $\mathbf{F}$ be a field of characteristic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-05 Melvyn B. Nathanson

A set A is a Sidon set in an additive group G if every element of G can be written at most one way as sum of two elements of A. A particular case of two-dimensional Sidon sets are the sonar sequences, which are two-dimensional…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-08 Diego F. Ruiz , Carlos A. Trujillo , Yadira Caicedo

Let X be a subset of an abelian group and a_1,...,a_h,a'_1,...,a'_h a sequence of 2h elements of X such that a_1 + ... + a_h = a'_1 + ... + a'_h. The set X is a Sidon set of order h if, after renumbering, a_i = a'_i for i = 1,..., h. For k…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. A. Dias da Silva , Melvyn B. Nathanson

For $h \geq 1$, a $B_h$-set is a set of integers such that every integer $n$ has at most one representation in the form $n = a_{i_1} + \cdots + a_{i_h}$, where $a_{i_j} \in A$ for all $j = 1,\ldots, h$ and $a_{i_1} \leq \ldots \leq…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-03 Melvyn B. Nathanson

We prove that if $A=\{a_1,\dots ,a_{|A|}\}\subset \{1,2,\dots ,n\}$ is a Sidon set so that $|A|=n^{1/2}-L^\prime$, then $$a_m = m\cdot n^{1/2} + \mathcal O\left( n^{7/8}\right) + \mathcal O\left(L^{1/2}\cdot n^{3/4}\right)$$ where…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-25 R. Balasubramanian , Sayan Dutta

A set of integers $S \subset \mathbb{N}$ is an $\alpha$-strong Sidon set if the pairwise sums of its elements are far apart by a certain measure depending on $\alpha$, more specifically if $| (x+w) - (y+z) | \geq \max \{…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-09 David Fabian , Juanjo Rué , Christoph Spiegel

Let $h \geq 2$ and let ${ \mathcal A} = (A_1,\ldots, A_h)$ be an $h$-tuple of sets of integers. For nonzero integers $c_1,\ldots, c_h$, consider the linear form $\varphi = c_1 x_1 + c_2x_2 + \cdots + c_h x_h$. The \emph{representation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-14 Melvyn B. Nathanson

Let $\varphi(x_1,\ldots, x_h) = c_1 x_1 + \cdots + c_h x_h $ be a linear form with coefficients in a field $\mathbf{F}$, and let $V$ be a vector space over $\mathbf{F}$. A nonempty subset $A$ of $V$ is a $\varphi$-Sidon set if, for all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-14 Melvyn B. Nathanson