Erdős Problem #33 — Minimal counting function of complements to the squares

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Let b1<b2<b_1<b_2<\ldots be an infinite sequence of integers such that every integer is of the form b+k2b+k^2 for some member bb of the sequence. Let B(x)B(x) denote the number of members bb of the sequence with bxb\leq x. What is the smallest possible value of

lim supxB(x)x1/2?\limsup_{x\to\infty}\frac{B(x)}{x^{1/2}}?

It is clear that B(x)x1/2B(x)\geq x^{1/2} holds, but can one prove that

lim infxB(x)x1/2>1?\liminf_{x\to\infty}\frac{B(x)}{x^{1/2}}>1?
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