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Problem of the Week 814

An Odd Set of Positive Integers

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This is the first problem posed by the new Macalester Puzzlemeister Tom Halverson (halverson@macaleter.edu).

Is there a set S of positive integers such that a number is in S if and only if it is a sum of two distinct members of S or a sum of two distinct positive integers not in S?

Source: This week's problem will soon appear in Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?...and other intriguing mathematical mysteries by Joseph Konhauser, Dan Velleman, and Stan Wagon; Dolciani Series, MAA (800-331-1622), September, 1996.

© Copyright 1996 Stan Wagon. Reproduced with permission.

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