Problem

Source: 2012 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad P4

Tags: algorithm, induction, absolute value, combinatorics, EGMO, EGMO 2012



A set $A$ of integers is called sum-full if $A \subseteq A + A$, i.e. each element $a \in A$ is the sum of some pair of (not necessarily different) elements $b,c \in A$. A set $A$ of integers is said to be zero-sum-free if $0$ is the only integer that cannot be expressed as the sum of the elements of a finite nonempty subset of $A$. Does there exist a sum-full zero-sum-free set of integers? Romania (Dan Schwarz)