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A note on the Erd\H{o}s distinct subset sums problem

Combinatorics 2020-07-21 v2 Number Theory Probability

Abstract

We present two short proofs giving the best known asymptotic lower bound for the maximum element in a set of nn positive integers with distinct subset sums.

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@article{arxiv.2006.12988,
  title  = {A note on the Erd\H{o}s distinct subset sums problem},
  author = {Quentin Dubroff and Jacob Fox and Max Wenqiang Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.12988},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Coauthor and a second proof added, 3 pages

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