Sparse Admissible Sets and a Problem of Erdős and Graham (2405.12310v2)

Abstract: Erd\H{o}s and Graham asked whether any sparse enough admissible set of natural numbers can be translated into a subset of the primes. By using a greedy construction involving powers of primitive roots, we prove that there exist arbitrarily sparse infinite admissible sets that cannot be translated into a subset of the primes, thus answering this question in the negative. We present three additional constructions as well.