# Sets of integers with no large sum-free subset

### Abstract

Answering a question of P. Erdős from 1965, we show that for every $\varepsilon> 0$ there is a set $A$ of $n$ integers with the following property: every set $A’ \subset A$ with at least $\left(\frac{1}{3} + \varepsilon\right) n$ elements contains three distinct elements $x,y,z$ with $x + y = z$.

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## Authors

Sean Eberhard

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ben Green

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Freddie Manners

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom