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Neil Hindman and Henry Jordan
Measures of sum-free intersecting families
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March 24, 2007
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Keywords: |
Sum-free, maximal sum-free, intersecting families |
Subject: |
Primary 28A12; Secondary 05A15, 11B75, 05D10 |
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Abstract
Let α be the supremum of all δ such that
there is a sequence <An>n=1∞ of measurable
subsets of (0,1) with the property that each An has measure
at least δ and for all n,m∈N, An∩ Am∩
An+m=∅. For k∈N, let αk be the
corresponding supremum for finite sequences <An>n=1k.
We show that α=limk→∞αk and
find the exact value of αk for k≦41. In the process of
finding these exact values, we also determine exactly the number
of maximal sum free subsets of {1,2,...,k} for k≦41. We also
investigate the size of sets <Ax>x∈S with
Ax∩ Ay∩ Ax+y=∅ where S is a subsemigroup of
((0,∞),+).
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Acknowledgements
The first author acknowledges support recieved from the National Science Foundation via Grant DMS-0554803
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Author information
Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059
nhindman@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/nhindman
henryjordan59@hotmail.com
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