Limit-point conjecture for normalized sum-product pairs

Let NSPP([3,))\operatorname{NSPP}([3,\infty)) denote the multiset of normalized sum-product pairs for positive-integer sets of cardinalities at least 33, with each pair lying in [1,2]2[1,2]^2. The relevant sum-product coordinates are normalized so that the extremal value 22 corresponds to quadratic-scale growth. Limit-point conjecture for normalized sum-product pairs. The limit points of

NSPP([3,))\operatorname{NSPP}([3,\infty))

are confined to the two line segments

{2}×[1,2]and[1,2]×{2}.\{2\}\times[1,2]\quad\text{and}\quad [1,2]\times\{2\}.

This is the normalized geometric formulation of the Erdős sum-product conjecture: asymptotically, normalized pairs should move north and east. The source gives no proof or disproof of this formulation.

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Primary source

Kevin O'Bryant, “Visualizing the Sum-Product Conjecture”, arXiv:2411.08139 (2025).

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