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Smallest possible example of an MSTD ("More sums than differences") set.
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%I #12 Sep 26 2019 10:08:00

%S 0,2,3,4,7,11,12,14

%N Smallest possible example of an MSTD ("More sums than differences") set.

%C Reflection of A140794: a(n) = 14 - A140794(9-n). - _James Wilcox_, Jul 24 2013

%C Hegarty, who attributes the set to Conway, proves its minimality. - _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Sep 26 2019

%D B. Hayes, Calculemus!, American Scientist, 96 (Sep-Oct 2008), 362-366.

%H Peter Hegarty, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611582">Some explicit constructions of sets with more sums than differences</a> (2007)

%Y Cf. A222807, A118544, A222808.

%K nonn,fini,full

%O 1,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Sep 08 2008