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Let $A\subset \mathbb{N}$ be an additive basis of order $2$. Must there exist $B=\{b_1<b_2<\cdots\}\subseteq A$ which is also a basis such that \[\lim_{k\to \infty}\frac{b_k}{k^2}\] does not exist?
Erdős originally asked whether this was true with $A=B$, but this was disproved by Cassels [Ca57].