Erdős Problem #865

The problem

There exists a constant $C>0$ such that, for all large $N$, if $A\subseteq \{1,\ldots,N\}$ has size at least $\frac{5}{8}N+C$ then there are distinct $a,b,c\in A$ such that $a+b,a+c,b+c\in A$.

Statement quoted from erdosproblems.com/865, maintained by Thomas Bloom. Original source: [Er72][CES75][Er92c]. Current status there: proved (Lean).

AI contributions

As recorded in Terence Tao's wiki AI contributions to Erdős problems (data as of 30 Jun 2026). 🟢 full, 🟡 partial, ⚪ unverified, 🔴 incorrect.

Caveats

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