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On an inverse problem in additive number theory

Number Theory 2020-05-20 v1

Abstract

For a set AA, let P(A)P(A) be the set of all finite subset sums of AA. In this paper, for a sequence of integers B={1<b1<b2<}B=\{1<b_1<b_2<\cdots\} and 3b1+5b26b1+103b_1+5\leq b_2\leq 6b_1+10, we determine the critical value for b3b_3 such that there exists an infinite sequence AA of positive integers for which P(A)=NBP(A)=\mathbb{N}\setminus B. This result shows that we partially solve the problem of Fang and Fang [`On an inverse problem in additive number theory', Acta Math. Hungar. 158(2019), 36-39].

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@article{arxiv.2005.09186,
  title  = {On an inverse problem in additive number theory},
  author = {Min Tang and Hongwei Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09186},
  year   = {2020}
}
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