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Graph and prime numbers

Source: Schweitzer 2009

November 13, 2009
modular arithmeticnumber theoryprime numberscombinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Let p1,,pk p_1,\dots,p_k be prime numbers, and let S S be the set of those integers whose all prime divisors are among p1,,pk p_1,\dots,p_k. For a finite subset A A of the integers let us denote by G(A) \mathcal G(A) the graph whose vertices are the elements of A A, and the edges are those pairs a,bA a,b\in A for which a \minus{} b\in S. Does there exist for all m3 m\geq 3 an m m-element subset A A of the integers such that (i) G(A) \mathcal G(A) is complete? (ii) G(A) \mathcal G(A) is connected, but all vertices have degree at most 2?