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A046693 Size of smallest subset S of N={0,1,2,...,n} such that S-S=N, where S-S={abs(i-j) | i,j in S}. 0
1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

It is easy to show that a(n+1) must be no larger than a(n)+1. Problem: Can a(n+1) ever be smaller than a(n)?

REFERENCES

Related to 'The set of differences of a given set', by Andrew Granville and Friedrich Roesler, Amer. Math. Monthly, 106 (1999), 338-344.

LINKS

A. Granville and F. Roesler, The set of differences of a given set

EXAMPLE

a(10)=6, since all integers in {0,1,2...10} are differences of elements of {0,1,2,3,6,10}, but not of any 5-element set.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A083398 A061420 A003057 * A196376 A156077 A189641

Adjacent sequences:  A046690 A046691 A046692 * A046694 A046695 A046696

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Johm W. Layman (layman(AT)math.vt.edu)

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