HomeAbout
© 2025 DaoMath. All rights reserved.
Sign in
Back to Home

Gaps in sumsets

HDHailong Dao
•Posted on May 8, 2026
Difficulty
3 / 5
Problem Status
Open
Keywords
SUMSETS
31 views
0 upvotes
0 downvotes

Let A={a1<a2<⋯<ah}A =\{a_1<a_2<\dots <a_h\}A={a1​<a2​<⋯<ah​} be a set of real numbers. Let g(A):=max⁡1≤i≤h−1(ai+1−ai)g(A):= \max_{1\leq i\leq h-1} (a_{i+1}-a_i)g(A):=max1≤i≤h−1​(ai+1​−ai​) and

cn(A):=ah−a1−g(nA)c_n(A):= a_h-a_1- g(nA) cn​(A):=ah​−a1​−g(nA)

Prove or disprove: the sequence cn(A)n+1\frac{c_n(A)}{n+1}n+1cn​(A)​ is non-increasing always.


UPDATES: worked on by Google's "AI-comathematician" on May 8, 2026. After 20 hours, it tried 2.5 millions example (up to 7 elements and span 50) without finding a counter-example.

(5/14/2026): An interesting conversation about this problem is unfolding on MathOverflow. See the original question and a spin-off.

Comments (0)

No comments yet

Be the first to start the discussion!