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E29: One Old Erdős–Turán Problem

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Inspired by problem 30.5: “One Old Erdős Problem”

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Soifer, A. (2017). E29: One Old Erdős–Turán Problem. In: The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The Third Decade and Further Explorations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52861-8_21

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