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Konstantin Knop

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Oct 2, 2025, 9:02:36 AM (13 days ago) Oct 2
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Hello, SeqFans!

I have a question about this comment in A309370 text

"Define addition on {0,1}^n componentwise (ordinary addition, not
addition modulo 2, so the result lies in {0,1,2}^n, not necessarily
{0,1}^n). We say a subset of {0,1}^n is Sidon iff the only solutions
to a+b = c+d, with a,b,c,d in the set, are the trivial ones: a=c, b=d
or a=d, b=c.

a(7) >= 23, a(8) >= 32, a(9) >= 45, a(10) >= 63, a(11)>=87,
a(12)>=120, a(13)>=169, a(14)>=237, a(15) >= 334, a(16) >= 472, a(17)
>= 662, a(18) >= 864.

Conjecture: a(n) is asymptotic to 2^(n/2+1).

a(7) >= 24. - _Christian Sievers_, Sep 17 2025"

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Where and how can I see examples of sets of vectors [0,1]^n that form
the sets specified in these inequalities? For example, 24 vectors for
n=7?

KK, http://knop.website

Michel Marcus

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Oct 2, 2025, 9:23:16 AM (13 days ago) Oct 2
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You could send end a mail to Christian Sievers.

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Charles Greathouse

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Oct 2, 2025, 9:57:58 AM (13 days ago) Oct 2
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It would be great for those to be added to the Examples. They could probably be represented as binary strings:

0 {(empty string)}
1 {0, 1}
2 {00, 01, 10}
...

I'd also love to see the Cohen, Litsyn, & Zémor upper bound. (Failing that, we could add the trivial upper bound a(n) <= 2^n.) Do we have any lower bounds stronger than a(n) > a(n-1)?

Victor Miller

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Oct 2, 2025, 10:35:24 AM (13 days ago) Oct 2
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Victor Miller

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Oct 2, 2025, 10:50:32 AM (13 days ago) Oct 2
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Here’s another more recent comprehensive reference: 

Christian Sievers

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Oct 2, 2025, 2:33:30 PM (13 days ago) Oct 2
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I put one example for a(7)>=24 in the discussion that you see when you click on "history".
If it's not in the links that were given, I can also give an example confirming a(10)>=63.

D. S. McNeil

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Oct 2, 2025, 2:59:08 PM (12 days ago) Oct 2
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I wasn't able to improve on a(7)-a(9), but I was able to grind out some improvements for n>10:

  n  best |S|
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  2         3
  3         5
  4         7
  5        12
  6        15
  7        24
  8        32
  9        45
 10        65
 11        92
 12       130
 13       179
 14       253
 15       338
 16       476
 17       671
 18       942

The witnesses are inconveniently long for the comments, though.


Doug

Charles Greathouse

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Oct 5, 2025, 1:43:40 PM (10 days ago) Oct 5
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That’s great, Doug! Maybe an a-file?

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D. S. McNeil

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Oct 5, 2025, 2:13:18 PM (10 days ago) Oct 5
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Unfortunately they're only one-sided bounds, or I would. :-) 

I'll toss in a comment, though, was just waiting to let a few improve and then for the open edits to go in.


Doug

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