Chung–Goldwasser conjecture on maximal measurable 3-sum-free subsets of the unit interval

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Let AA be a measurable 3-sum-free subset of [0,1][0,1], meaning that AA contains no solution to x+y=3zx+y=3z. Let 4mu(A)44mu(A)4 denote its Lebesgue measure. The sets A1,,A7\mathcal A_1,\dots,\mathcal A_7 are the seven sets obtained from

A0=(8177,459)(28177,1459)(23,1)\mathcal A_0=\left(\frac{8}{177},\frac{4}{59}\right)\cup\left(\frac{28}{177},\frac{14}{59}\right)\cup\left(\frac{2}{3},1\right)

by adjoining one endpoint of each of the three intervals, except the endpoints 8/1778/177, 14/5914/59, and 2/32/3.

Chung–Goldwasser conjecture. Every measurable 3-sum-free subset AA of [0,1][0,1] satisfies

μ(A)77177.\mu(A)\leq\frac{77}{177}.

Moreover, if μ(A)=77/177\mu(A)=77/177 and AA is maximal with respect to inclusion among the 3-sum-free subsets of [0,1][0,1], then A{A1,,A7}A\in\{\mathcal A_1,\dots,\mathcal A_7\}.

The conjecture identifies both the optimal Lebesgue measure and all inclusion-maximal extremal sets for the continuous 3-sum-free problem. The cases k=1k=1 and k4k\geq4 were known, while the case k=3k=3 was the remaining open case in the cited discussion.

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Primary source

Alain Plagne and Anne de Roton, “Maximal sets with no solution to x+y=3z”, arXiv:1211.3341 (2013).

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