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Erdős ProblemsCombinatorics

Erdős Problem 1

If A{1,...,N}A\subseteq\{1, ..., N\} with A=n|A| = n is such that the subset sums aSa\sum_{a\in S}a are distinct for all SAS\subseteq A then N2n.N \gg 2 ^ n.

Mathematical statement

If A{1,...,N}A\subseteq\{1, ..., N\} with A=n|A| = n is such that the subset sums aSa\sum_{a\in S}a are distinct for all SAS\subseteq A then

N2n. N \gg 2 ^ n.

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erdos_1

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theorem erdos_1 :  C > (0 : ),  (N : ) (A : Finset ) (_ : IsSumDistinctSet A N),    N  0  C * 2 ^ A.card < N := by  sorry
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v4.27.0
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