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Erdős problem 38

Does there exist B⊂NB \subset \mathbb{N} which is not an additive basis, but is such that for every set A⊆NA \subseteq \mathbb{N} of Schnirelmann density α\alpha and every NN there exists b∈Bb \in B such that ∣(A∪(A+b))∩{1,…,N}∣≥(α+f(α))N \lvert (A \cup (A+b)) \cap \{1, \ldots, N\} \rvert \geq (\alpha + f(\alpha)) N where f(α)>0f(\alpha) > 0 for 0<α<10 < \alpha < 1?

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