Does there exist a sum-full zero-sum-free set?
Source: 2012 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad P4
April 13, 2012
algorithminductionabsolute valuecombinatoricsEGMOEGMO 2012
Problem Statement
A set of integers is called sum-full if , i.e. each element is the sum of some pair of (not necessarily different) elements . A set of integers is said to be zero-sum-free if is the only integer that cannot be expressed as the sum of the elements of a finite nonempty subset of .
Does there exist a sum-full zero-sum-free set of integers?Romania (Dan Schwarz)