The two-missing-elements perfect Skolem set conjecture

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Let A⊂{1,2,…,n}A\subset\{1,2,\dots,n\} have cardinality n−2n-2, with exactly two missing elements ai,aj∈{1,2,…,n}a_i,a_j\in\{1,2,\dots,n\}. The two-missing-elements perfect Skolem set conjecture. The set AA is a perfect Skolem set if and only if: (1) if n≡0n\equiv0 or 11 modulo nn, then ai≡aja_i\equiv a_j modulo 22; (2) if n≡2n\equiv2 or 33 modulo nn, then ai≡aj−1a_i\equiv a_j-1 modulo 22; and (3) A∉{{3},{2,4},{2,4,5},{3,4,5,6}}A\notin\{\{3\},\{2,4\},\{2,4,5\},\{3,4,5,6\}\}. This is presented as a special case of the perfect Skolem set conjecture, with the listed exceptional sets accounting for failure of the density condition. The source gives no separate resolution status for this special case.

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Gustav Nordh, “Perfect Skolem sets”, arXiv:math/0506155 (2005).

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