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