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Contents
  1. Erdős Problem 808
  2. Statement and result.
  3. The rational vertex set.
  4. The edges and their number.
  5. Few sums and products.
  6. A strict contradiction with fixed parameters.
  7. Attribution and assessment.

Erdős Problem 808

Statement and result.
The strong sum-product conjecture asks whether, for every fixed $c,\epsilon>0$, a graph $G$ on an $n$-element set $A\subset\mathbb N$, having at least $n^{1+c}$ edges, must satisfy \[ \max(|A+_GA|,|A\cdot_GA|)\geq n^{1+c-\epsilon} \] for all sufficiently large $n$. Here sums and products are taken only over the edges. This is false. We reconstruct a prime-restricted version of the construction of Alon, Ruzsa, and Solymosi, and give explicit fixed choices $c=1/2$, $\epsilon=1/12$ for which it fails at arbitrarily large orders.
The rational vertex set.
Let $M$ tend through the positive integers. Let $\mathcal P$ be the primes in $(M,M^4]$, and write $P=|\mathcal P|$. We use the classical prime-counting estimate \[ P=\Theta(M^4/\log M). \tag{1} \] The elementary Chebyshev bounds for $\pi(x)$ suffice for $1$; no estimate for primes in a short interval is needed.

Let $\mathcal C=\{(v,w):1\leq v,w\leq M,\ \gcd(v,w)=1\}$, with $C=|\mathcal C|$. We have \[ M^2/4\leq C\leq M^2. \tag{2} \] Indeed, every noncoprime pair is divisible in both coordinates by some integer $d\geq2$, so their number is at most $M^2\sum_{d=2}^{\infty}d^{-2}\leq3M^2/4$, using $\sum_{d=2}^{\infty}d^{-2}\leq1/4+\int_2^\infty t^{-2}\,dt$.

Define \[ A_0=\left\{\frac{pw}{v}:p\in\mathcal P,\ (v,w)\in\mathcal C\right\}. \] These representations are unique. The displayed fraction is reduced because $p>M\geq v$ and $\gcd(v,w)=1$. Its denominator determines $v$, and its numerator has exactly one prime factor greater than $M$, namely $p$; the remaining factor determines $w$. Consequently \[ n:=|A_0|=CP=\Theta(M^6/\log M). \tag{3} \]

The edges and their number.
For each $(v,w)\in\mathcal C$ and $p,q\in\mathcal P$, connect \[ a=\frac{pw}{v},\qquad b=\frac{qv}{w}, \] unless $a=b$. Uniqueness of vertex representations shows that this description produces every oriented edge exactly once. Equality $a=b$ forces $v=w=1$ and $p=q$: the reduced denominators must agree, after which coprimality gives $v=w=1$. Thus precisely $P$ of the $CP^2$ ordered descriptions are loops. Reversing an edge corresponds to $(v,w,p,q)\mapsto(w,v,q,p)$, so the simple graph has \[ e(G)=\frac{CP^2-P}{2} =\Theta(M^{10}/(\log M)^2). \tag{4} \]
Few sums and products.
Along every edge, \[ ab=pq\leq M^8,\qquad a+b=\frac{pw^2+qv^2}{vw}. \] The product is a positive integer, so there are at most $M^8$ possible products. For a sum, the numerator is a positive integer at most $2M^6$ and the denominator is at most $M^2$. Counting numerator-denominator pairs, even before reducing fractions, gives \[ |A_0+_GA_0|\leq2M^8,\qquad |A_0\cdot_GA_0|\leq M^8. \tag{5} \] Let $D$ be a common multiple of $1,\ldots,M$, and replace $A_0$ by $A=DA_0\subset\mathbb N$. This preserves distinct vertices and edges. Sums are multiplied by $D$, and products by $D^2$, so both cardinalities in $5$ are unchanged.
A strict contradiction with fixed parameters.
Since $n\leq M^6$, $4$ implies \[ \frac{e(G)}{n^{3/2}}\gg\frac{M}{(\log M)^2}\longrightarrow\infty. \] Thus eventually $e(G)\geq n^{1+c}$ for $c=1/2$. On the other hand, $3$ and $5$ give \[ \frac{\max(|A+_GA|,|A\cdot_GA|)}{n^{17/12}} \ll\frac{(\log M)^{17/12}}{M^{1/2}} \longrightarrow0. \] Because $17/12=1+1/2-1/12$, the asserted lower bound fails with $\epsilon=1/12$. The orders $n$ tend to infinity by $3$, which is sufficient to refute a statement asserted for every sufficiently large order.
Attribution and assessment.
The reciprocal-denominator construction is due to N. Alon, I. Ruzsa, and J. Solymosi, Sums, products and ratios along the edges of a graph, Theorem 3, https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.06405. Restricting their rough integers to primes makes the representation and counting steps transparent while retaining the needed exponents. The statement is recorded at https://www.erdosproblems.com/808, checked 24 September 2026. The classical prime-counting bound $1$ is an explicit external input; the construction and the disproof are established above. No new counterexample or local Lean verification is claimed.

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