Chen–Lev conjecture on Hilbert-cube pairs

Let RA(n)R_A(n) denote the number of representations of nn as a sum of two distinct elements of AA. Let H(di1,di2,)H(d_{i_1},d_{i_2},\dots) be a half non-degenerated Hilbert cube, with H0(di1,di2,)H_0(d_{i_1},d_{i_2},\dots) and H1(di1,di2,)H_1(d_{i_1},d_{i_2},\dots) its even- and odd-part sets. Let CC and DD be different infinite sets of nonnegative integers with 0C0\in C.

Chen–Lev conjecture. If RC(n)=RD(n)R_C(n)=R_D(n) for every positive integer nn, then there exist positive integers di1<di2<d_{i_1}<d_{i_2}<\cdots belonging to DD such that

C=H0(di1,di2,),C=H_0(d_{i_1},d_{i_2},\dots), D=H1(di1,di2,).D=H_1(d_{i_1},d_{i_2},\dots).

The claim asks whether all such infinite pairs are generated by the two parity parts of a half non-degenerated Hilbert cube; the paper notes that the corresponding finite cases with parameters l=0,1,2l=0,1,2 were established, while cases l3l\ge3 remained unsettled.

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Sándor Z. Kiss and Csaba Sándor, “On the structure of sets which have coinciding representation functions”, arXiv:1702.04499 (2020).

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