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e1271/1271 · statement.attested · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-06-10 · null→null

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Erdős Problem #331 has status 'disproved (lean)'. Statement: Let $A,B\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that for all large $N$$$\lvert A\cap \{1,\ldots,N\}\rvert \gg N^{1/2}$$and$$\lvert B\cap \{1,\ldots,N\}\rvert \gg N^{1/2}.$$ Is it true that there are infinitely many solutions to $a_1-a_2=b_1-b_2\neq 0$ with $a_1,a_2\in A$ and $b_1,b_2\in B$? Ruzsa has observed that there is a simple counterexample: take $A$ to be the set of numbers whose binary representation has only non-zero digits in even places, and $B$ similarly but with non-zero digits only in odd places. It is easy to see $A$ and $B$ both grow like $\gg N^{1/2}$ and yet for any $n\geq 1$ there is exactly one solution to $n=a+b$ with $a\in A$ and $b\in B$. This was formalized in Lean by van Doorn using Aristotle. Topics: number theory, additive combinatorics. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.

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  • vev_e57145290618cde7finding.asserted

    Candidate claim vc_faa0e419bc15b452 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57

    reviewer:erdos-db-trustreviewer:erdos-db-trust · 2026-05-30

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  • vpr_3ff1e076ad56c4c7finding.add

    Candidate claim vc_faa0e419bc15b452 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57

    agent — machine actor, no signing keyapplied · agent:erdos-spine-ingest · 2026-05-30

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finding.noted · reviewer:will-blair · 2 days

renders the record as of vev_d199cb2e · 1,338 events · hub

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