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Erdős problem 198

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The answer is no; Erdős and Graham report this was proved by Baumgartner, presumably referring to the paper [Ba75], which does not state this exactly, but the following simple construction is implicit in [Ba75].

Erdős Problems records this as disproved (Lean).

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  1. Sourceerdos-problems
  2. StatementRetained
  3. Formal4 retained
  4. Resolutiondisproved (Lean)
  5. WorkNone recorded
  6. DecisionNone here
  7. The questionNot reached
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