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R1252claimStatus: reportedEvidence: SupportedReplay: source only

[#R1252] Current status and unresolved remainder

claim. OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 66 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 66: Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. For a subset $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}$ and a positive integer $n$, define the additive representation function $r_A(n)$ to be the number of ordered pairs $(a, b) \in A \times A$ such that $a + b = n$. Does there exist a subset $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}$ and a nonzero real number $c$ such that the limit \[\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{r_A(n)}{\log n} = c\] exists?

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1Summary

OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 66 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement.

A complete resolution must satisfy this condition: Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 66: Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. For a subset $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}$ and a positive integer $n$, define the additive representation function $r_A(n)$ to be the number of ordered pairs $(a, b) \in A \times A$ such that $a + b = n$. Does there exist a subset $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}$ and a nonzero real number $c$ such that the limit \[\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{r_A(n)}{\log n} = c\] exists?

Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.

2Evidence

Replay package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: www.erdosproblems.com ↗, See dataset.references[0] for the exact external source and locator.

3How it connects

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  "summary": "OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 66 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 66: Let $\\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. For a subset $A \\subseteq \\mathbb{N}$ and a positive integer $n$, define the additive representation function $r_A(n)$ to be the number of ordered pairs $(a, b) \\in A \\times A$ such that $a + b = n$. Does there exist a subset $A \\subseteq \\mathbb{N}$ and a nonzero real number $c$ such that the limit\n\\[\\lim_{n \\to \\infty} \\frac{r_A(n)}{\\log n} = c\\]\nexists?",
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5Provenance

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erdos-problem-66-source-review
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License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB maintainers
Public record
R1252
Stable alias
erdos-problem-66-claim-status-20260731
Projection
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