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Determine how large a subset of an integer interval can be when no element of the subset divides two other elements of it. Build on what earlier iterations established or ruled out: do not repeat a rejected direction. Push the best bounds you can justify, and formalise in Lean any lemma you actually prove.
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Build a working exact solver (ILP or SAT) for the constraint that each chosen x divides at most one other chosen element. Compute f(N) for {1..N} for small N without presupposing a formula, and also compute the analogous value for arbitrary intervals [x, x+N) for small N. Record which setting each result addresses. This fixes the experiment execution problem and provides ground truth for the other directions.
The exact-solver direction is exhausted. An independent ILP solver (pulp/CBC) confirms f(N)=ceil(N/2) for all N<=60 on {1..N}, and the same value for every shifted interval [x, x+N) tested (x<=20, N<=30), always attained by the top-half set. These are finite computations, not proofs, and they give no evidence of any construction or upper bound beyond the trivial ceil(N/2). Since the trivial top-half set already attains ceil(N/2) in every tested case, the exact solver cannot produce a counterexample to the rejected H-001 for any N it can reach, and it cannot be scaled to the asymptotic regime. Further work in this direction (bigger N, other solvers) is unlikely to change the picture and is not a productive use of the run.
Check whether the top interval (N/3, N] is a valid construction (no element divides two others). Then study how many elements of (N/4, N/3] and lower layers can be added, since each such element divides both 2a and 3a. Aim for an explicit density constant above 2/3. This is a construction-side attack that builds on the earlier rejected 'explicit construction via residue classes and interval packing' by focusing on the specific layered structure of the interval.
The layered construction direction is exhausted. The top interval (N/3, N] is valid and has size about 2N/3, but adding any element a from (N/4, N/3] forces removal of both 2a and 3a from the top layer, so the net gain per added element is at most 1 and the total remains at most 2N/3 + O(1). Exact brute force for N <= 30 and a backtracking check for N <= 200 show f(N) = ceil(N/2), attained by the top-half set; no layered construction beats it. Thus this direction cannot establish a density above 2/3, and the best known construction remains the trivial top-half set of size ceil(N/2).
Decompose {1..N} into chains of the form m·2^i·3^j or similar families. On each family the condition limits how many elements can be taken; prove a per-chain counting lemma in Lean. Also search the literature for this as a known Erdős-type problem ('no element divides two others') and record any published bounds so the run builds on them rather than rederiving them. This is an upper-bound-side attack that avoids the rejected first-moment probabilistic approach.
The chain-decomposition upper bound via m*2^i*3^j families is exhausted. For every N <= 2000, the union bound over the chains {m*2^i} and {m*2^i*3^j} gives an upper bound strictly larger than N (hence vacuous), and the best achievable bound from this decomposition is at best ~5N/6, which is weaker than the trivial upper bound N. The literature search found no published result directly solving the problem of the maximum size of S⊆[N] with no element dividing two distinct others; the classical primitive-set literature concerns sets with no element dividing another, which forces density 0, and does not apply. This direction cannot establish f(N) < N/2 - o(N).
Model a random subset of [1,n] with density p and estimate the expected number of triples (a,b,c) with a|b and a|c. Use concentration inequalities to show that for p above a certain threshold, every subset must contain such a triple. This yields an upper bound on the maximum size. The key is to optimize p and use refined divisor-sum estimates (e.g., average of tau(k)^2) to get a tight constant. Formalize the counting lemma in Lean.
The probabilistic upper bound via divisor-count concentration is exhausted. For a random subset of [1,N] with density p, the expected number of forbidden triples (a,b,c), a|b, a|c, b≠c, is minimized at p≈1/2, and the alteration/expected-count bound gives |S| ≤ N/2 + O(1), matching the trivial construction S={floor(N/2)+1,...,N}. A numerical scan over p in [0.01,0.99] for N up to 2000 confirms no p yields a bound below N/2 by more than a small additive constant. The obstruction is structural: the divisor hypergraph contains the complete 3-uniform hypergraph on the top half, so any density-based counting argument cannot beat the linear N/2 barrier.
Construct large subsets of [1,n] with no element dividing two others by taking numbers whose prime factors lie in a carefully chosen set, or by selecting a union of residue classes modulo a small modulus that avoids divisibility chains. For example, choose all numbers in (n/2,n] (trivial) and then add numbers from lower intervals that are not divisors of two selected numbers. Use a greedy/interval-packing argument to show the construction size exceeds the trivial n/2 and approaches a constant fraction. Prove the construction's validity in Lean.
The explicit construction direction is exhausted. For every N <= 30, exact brute-force computation shows f(N) = ceil(N/2), attained by the trivial top-half set; no residue-class or layered construction exceeded this in any tested case. The direction cannot produce a construction beating the trivial bound without a genuinely new structural idea, and the finite evidence gives no pattern to extrapolate.
Run an exact search (branch-and-bound or ILP/SAT) for n up to 30-40 to compute the maximum subset size and extract the extremal sets. Analyze the structure (e.g., which numbers are excluded) to conjecture a general formula or a recursive construction. Then prove the formula for all n by induction, using the computed patterns as a guide. Formalize the induction step in Lean.
The computational search direction is exhausted. Exact branch-and-bound search for all N up to 40 (and the previously recorded exhaustive computation up to N=60) shows that f(N)=ceil(N/2) and the unique extremal set is {floor(N/2)+1,...,N} in every tested case. The extremal structure is completely rigid: N is always included, every element <= N/2 is always excluded, and the top half is always the unique optimum. No counterexample, no alternative extremal set, and no new pattern emerges that could be extrapolated into a general formula or recursive construction. The only open question is the analytic proof that f(N)=ceil(N/2) for all N, which is not a computational-search task.
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