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Midpoint-free subsets of the real numbers

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posted on 2025-05-09, 10:32 authored by Roger B. Eggleton
A set of reals 𝑆 βŠ‚ R is midpoint-free if it has no subset {π‘Ž, 𝑏, 𝑐} βŠ† 𝑆 such that π‘Ž<𝑏<𝑐 and π‘Ž + 𝑐 = 2𝑏. If 𝑆 βŠ‚ 𝑋 βŠ† R and 𝑆 is midpoint-free, it is a maximal midpoint-free subset of 𝑋 if there is no midpoint-free set 𝑇 such that 𝑆 βŠ‚ 𝑇 βŠ† 𝑋. In each of the cases 𝑋 = Z+, Z, Q+, Q, R+, R, we determine two maximal midpoint-free subsets of 𝑋 characterised by digit constraints on the base 3 representations of their members.

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Journal title

International Journal of Combinatorics

Volume

2014

Publisher

Hindawi

Language

  • en, English

College/Research Centre

Faculty of Science and Information Technology

School

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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