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Sums and differences of sets: a further improvement over AlphaEvolve

Combinatorics 2025-06-03 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We present a new advancement in the sum and difference of sets problem, which improves upon recent results by both DeepMind's AlphaEvolve (θ=1.1584\theta = 1.1584) and subsequent explicit constructions (θ=1.173050\theta = 1.173050). In this work, we construct a sequence of UU sets which in the limit establishes a new lower bound of θ=1.173077\theta = 1.173077.

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@article{arxiv.2506.01896,
  title  = {Sums and differences of sets: a further improvement over AlphaEvolve},
  author = {Fan Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.01896},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages

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