Problem 66 — Visual explainer (undergrad) ========================================= Problem statement --------------- Is there $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that\[\lim_{n\to \infty}\frac{1_A\ast 1_A(n)}{\log n}\]exists and is $\neq 0$? Picture ------- [Given objects + constraints] ---> [Count / structure] ---> [Show bound / existence] Question: what to look at ------------------------ - Restate the problem as: given the constraint, what asymptotic bound or structure must follow? - Use the comments as benchmarks (best known bounds / constructions). Benchmarks / known results (from comments) ---------------------------------------- - Erd\H{o}s and S\'{a}rk\"{o}zy proved that\[\frac{\lvert 1_A\ast 1_A(n)-\log n\rvert}{\sqrt{\log n}}\to 0\]is impossible. - Erd\H{o}s suggests it may even be true that the $\liminf$ and $\limsup$ of $1_A\ast 1_A(n)/\log n$ are always separated by some absolute constant. - Horv\'{a}th proved that\[\lvert 1_A\ast 1_A(n)-\log n\rvert \leq (1-\epsilon)\sqrt{\log n}\]cannot hold for all large $n$.