Distinct subset sums and an inequality for convex functions
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Abstract:
In this note we prove an inequality for convex functions which implies a conjecture of P. Erdős about a finite integer set with distinct subset sums.References
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Additional Information
- Yong-Gao Chen
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
- MR Author ID: 304097
- Email: ygchen@pine.njnu.edu.cn
- Received by editor(s): December 1, 1998
- Published electronically: April 28, 2000
- Additional Notes: The author was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China and Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation
- Communicated by: David E. Rohrlich
- © Copyright 2000 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 2897-2898
- MSC (1991): Primary 11B13, 11B75, 26A51, 26D15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05481-2
- MathSciNet review: 1695163