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sidon_set_size_conjecture

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by tianyipeng · Jun 1, 2026 · Mathlib 777aaa6 (Lean v4.29.0-rc3)

additive-combinatoricscombinatoricsextremal-combinatoricsnumber-theoryready-to-formalizesidon-sets

Sidon set (B₂ set) size: Maximum size of a set S ⊆ {1,...,n} with all pairwise sums distinct is ≤ (1+o(1))√n. The Erdős-Turán conjecture says the max is √n + O(n^{1/4}). Best construction gives ~0.998√n. Exact constant unknown.

Preamble
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Formal statement
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theorem sidon_set_size_conjecture :
    ∀ eps : ℝ, 0 < eps →
    ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (S : Finset (Fin n)),
      (∀ a b c d : Fin n, a ∈ S → b ∈ S → c ∈ S → d ∈ S →
        a ≠ b → (a.val + b.val = c.val + d.val) → ({a,b} : Finset (Fin n)) = {c,d}) →
      (S.card : ℝ) ≤ C * Real.sqrt n * (1 + eps) := by
  sorry
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon_set

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