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Erdős problem 253

Let a1<a2<…a_1 < a_2 < \dotsc be an infinite sequence of positive integers such that ai+1ai→1\frac{a_{i+1}}{a_i} \to 1. If every arithmetic progression contains infinitely many integers which are the sum of distinct aia_i then every sufficiently large integer is the sum of distinct aia_i.

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Let a1<a2<…a_1 < a_2 < \dotsc be an infinite sequence of positive integers such that ai+1ai→1\frac{a_{i+1}}{a_i} \to 1. If every arithmetic progression contains infinitely many integers which are the sum of distinct aia_i then every sufficiently large integer is the sum of distinct aia_i.

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¬∀ (a : ℕ → ℕ),    0 < a 0 →      Erdos253.RepresentsAPs a →        Filter.Tendsto (fun n => ↑(a (n + 1)) / ↑(a n)) Filter.atTop (nhds 1) →          subsetSums (Set.range a) ∈ Filter.cofinite
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