The Extended 1-2-3 Conjecture of Pilz

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Let AA be a finite subset of the positive integers, and let nn be a positive integer. For each positive integer kk, write k∙A={ka:a∈A}k\boldsymbol{\bullet} A=\{ka:a\in A\}, and let Δ\Delta denote symmetric difference of sets. Extended 1-2-3 Conjecture. One has

∣AΔ(2∙A)Δ⋯Δ(n∙A)∣⩾n.\left|A\Delta (2\boldsymbol{\bullet} A)\Delta\cdots\Delta (n\boldsymbol{\bullet} A)\right|\geqslant n.

Pilz proved the inequality for n≤6n\leq 6, and Huang, Ke and Pilz later formulated it as the Extended 1-2-3 Conjecture. The source paper states that it resolves the conjecture for all sufficiently large nn, so the assertion is not open in that range; the supplied text does not specify the exact threshold or whether all remaining cases have been settled.

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Philippa Holdridge and Péter Pál Pach, “On the Extended 1-2-3 Conjecture of Pilz”, arXiv:2607.00934 (2026).

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