Problem packetWorkR540
[#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.
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
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
5How it connects
Supported by
- claim
Verifies (incoming)
- artifact
Informed by
- attempt
Recorded for
- problem
6Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
View structured packet
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"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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}7Provenance
View source, identifiers, and projection details
- 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
- Source
- arxiv.org ↗
- Public record
- R540
- Stable alias
- ms200-claim-certified-interval-71-145
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
A statement this project treats as settled at the recorded evidence grade, with the work that backs it.