On bounded basis with prescribed representation functions

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be the set of integers and [Formula: see text] the set of positive integers. For a nonempty set [Formula: see text] of integers and any integers [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text], define [Formula: see text] as the number of solutions of [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] A set [Formula: see text] of integers is defined as a basis of order [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text] for every integer [Formula: see text]. In 2004, Nešetřil and Serra considered the Erdős–Turán conjecture for a class of bounded bases. In this paper, we generalize the above result and obtain that: for any function [Formula: see text], there exists a bounded basis of order [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] for every integer [Formula: see text].