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On a Problem of P. Erdös

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

I. Ruzsa Jr.
I. Ruzsa Jr.*
Affiliation:
Fazekas High School, Budapest, Hungary
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P. Erdös asked the following problem: Does there exist an infinite sequence of integers a1<…satisfying for every x≥1

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so that every integer is of the form 2k+ai [1]. The analogous questions can easily be answered affirmatively if the powers of 2 are replaced by the rth power.

In this note we give a simple affirmative answer to the problem of Erdôs. Let c2 be a sufficiently small absolute constant. Our sequence A consists of all the integers of the form

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Research Article
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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 1972 , pp. 309 - 310
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1972

References

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