Published September 3, 2006 | Version v1
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Partitions into Sum-free Sets

  • 1. Miami University, Hamilton, OH 45011, USA
  • 2. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
  • 3. Universidade do Porto, DCC-FC & LIACC, Porto, Portugal

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We define a sum as a set {x, y, z} of distinct natural numbers such that x + y = z, and let Nm = {1, 2, . . . , m}. We introduce a new sequence h(n) defined as the smallest s such that there is no partition of Ns into n sum-free parts. We determine h(n) for n = 3, 4 after easily noting that h(1) = 3 and h(2) = 9. We find that h(3) = 24 and h(4) = 67 using a computer program.

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