An Improved Upper Bound for the Sum-free Subset Constant
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We show that the optimal constant in Erdös' sum-free subset theorem cannot be larger than $11/28 \approx .393$.
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We show that the optimal constant in Erdös' sum-free subset theorem cannot be larger than $11/28 \approx .393$.
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