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Problem #539: Let $h(n)$ be such that, for any set $A\subseteq...

Let $h(n)$ be such that, for any set $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ of size $n$, the set\[\left\{ \frac{a}{(a,b)}: a,b\in A\right\}\]has size at least...

Problem Statement

Let $h(n)$ be such that, for any set $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ of size $n$, the set\[\left\{ \frac{a}{(a,b)}: a,b\in A\right\}\]has size at least $h(n)$. Estimate $h(n)$.
Categories: Number Theory

Progress

Erdős and Szemerédi proved that\[n^{1/2} \ll h(n) \ll n^{1-c}\]for some constant $c>0$.

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