An upper bound for \(B_2 [2]\) sequences (Q1971018)

A sequence \(A\) of integers is said to be a \(B_2[2]\) sequence if for every \(n\), the number of solutions of \(n=a+a', a\leq a', a\in A\) is at most two. Let \(F_2(N,2)=\max\{|A|:A\subset[1,N ]\), \(A\in B_2[2]\}\). In the present paper the author, using a new counting method, proves that \(F(N,2)\leq \sqrt {6N}+1\).