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R540claimStatus: reportedEvidence: ReproducedReplay: source onlyexhaustive over its scope

[#R540] The certified interval is 71 through 145

claim. A displayed 71-set has 2,556 distinct unordered pair products; the complete collision-hypergraph LP gives the integer upper bound 145.

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1Summary

Write \(M(200)\) for the largest size in the question. The present computation certifies \[ 71\le M(200)\le145. \] The lower bound is attained by the displayed set in `ms200-claim-verified-71-set`. Its \(\binom{71+1}{2}=2556\) unordered products, including all squares, are distinct.

For the upper bound, generate one forbidden hyperedge for every two distinct unordered pairs \(\{a,b\}\) and \(\{c,d\}\) with \(ab=cd\). After duplicate removal, the complete hypergraph has 20,111 edges: 248 triples and 19,863 four-sets. Every valid set is an independent set of this hypergraph. Relaxing its incidence vector to \(0\le x_i\le1\) and imposing \[ \sum_{i\in E}x_i\le |E|-1 \] for every collision edge \(E\) gives the exact rational optimum \(291/2\). An integral solution therefore has size at most 145.

Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: multiplicative Sidon subsets of the positive integers 1 through 200, with squares included among the unordered pair products.

2Evidence

Replay package: source only

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

Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, Self-contained exhaustive computation in ms200-artifact-construction-and-lp, executed 2026-07-25

3Overview

This leaves a gap of 74. The exact finite value remains unresolved in this record. The upper calculation is a relaxation certificate, rather than a completed integer branch-and-bound proof.

4What was measured

Lower bound
71
Upper bound
145
Gap
74
Exact value known
no
Pair products in construction
2,556
Lp relaxation optimum
291/2
Integer upper bound from lp
145
Certificate boundary
The construction and complete hypergraph are independently hash-bound by standard-library code. Reproducing the LP optimum requires the Z3 Python package.

Collision hypergraph

edges20,111triple edges248quadruple edges19,863

5How it connects

Supported by

Verifies (incoming)

Recorded for

6Agent packet

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  "title": "The certified interval is 71 through 145",
  "summary": "A displayed 71-set has 2,556 distinct unordered pair products; the complete collision-hypergraph LP gives the integer upper bound 145.",
  "relevance": "For Largest multiplicative Sidon subset of the first 200 integers, record ms200-claim-certified-interval-71-145 (“The certified interval is 71 through 145”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: A displayed 71-set has 2,556 distinct unordered pair products; the complete collision-hypergraph LP gives the integer upper bound 145.",
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  "body": "Write \\(M(200)\\) for the largest size in the question. The present computation certifies\n\\[\n71\\le M(200)\\le145.\n\\]\nThe lower bound is attained by the displayed set in `ms200-claim-verified-71-set`. Its \\(\\binom{71+1}{2}=2556\\) unordered products, including all squares, are distinct.\n\nFor the upper bound, generate one forbidden hyperedge for every two distinct unordered pairs \\(\\{a,b\\}\\) and \\(\\{c,d\\}\\) with \\(ab=cd\\). After duplicate removal, the complete hypergraph has 20,111 edges: 248 triples and 19,863 four-sets. Every valid set is an independent set of this hypergraph. Relaxing its incidence vector to \\(0\\le x_i\\le1\\) and imposing\n\\[\n\\sum_{i\\in E}x_i\\le |E|-1\n\\]\nfor every collision edge \\(E\\) gives the exact rational optimum \\(291/2\\). An integral solution therefore has size at most 145.\n\nThis leaves a gap of 74. The exact finite value remains unresolved in this record. The upper calculation is a relaxation certificate, rather than a completed integer branch-and-bound proof.",
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      "slug": "R541",
      "title": "A 71-element multiplicative Sidon set",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "R538",
      "title": "Construction verifier and exact rational LP replay",
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    {
      "slug": "R539",
      "title": "The literature gives asymptotics; the finite exact search remains incomplete",
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7Provenance

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Project
multiplicative-sidon-200
Locator
Self-contained exhaustive computation in ms200-artifact-construction-and-lp, executed 2026-07-25
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
Public record
R540
Stable alias
ms200-claim-certified-interval-71-145
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

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