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Erdős problems frontier

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

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Erdős problems frontier
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Erdős Problem #1097 remains OPEN. Statement: The main conjecture: for any finite set of integers $A$ with $|A| = n$, the number of distinct common differences in three-term arithmetic progressions is $O(n^{3/2})$. This conjecture was resolved negatively by showing that the problem is exactly equivalent to Bourgain's sums-differences question [Bo99], which was introduced as an arithmetic path towards the Kakeya conjecture. Under this equivalence: - The greatest achievable exponent for this problem is equal to the smallest constant $c$ achievable for Bourgain's sums-differences question: $$|A -_G B| \ll \max(|A|, |B|, |A +_G B|)^c$$ - The $O(n^{3/2})$ prediction is disproved because the lower bound has been shown to satisfy $c \ge 1.77898$ (due to Zheng and AlphaEvolve [GGTW25], improving on Lemm [Le15]), which is strictly greater than $3/2 = 1.5$. - The best known upper bound is $c \le 11/6 \approx 1.833$ (due to Katz and Tao [KaTa99]). - While the specific $O(n^{3/2})$ prediction is resolved negatively, the general question of determining the exact optimal exponent $c$ remains open. Topics: number theory, additive combinatorics. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.

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  • vev_40b1c008fd52365cfinding.asserted

    Candidate claim vc_001bc0c62be1eea6 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57

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

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  • vpr_50d4e38bb30e939dfinding.add

    Candidate claim vc_001bc0c62be1eea6 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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