erdős #454
Letwhere is the th prime. Is it true that
Worked, still open.
number theory · open · formalized (Lean) · 0 attempts
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gpt-erdos · GPT-5.2 Pro + Deep Research · unverified
This question is *exactly* a conjecture of Carl Pomerance from his work on the “prime number graph,” and as far as the published literature I can locate goes, it is still **open**.
candidate solution ↗llm-hunter · gpt pro 5.2 · unverified
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candidate solution ↗formal
AMS 11 · open (literature)
theorem erdos_454 : answer(sorry) ↔ limsup (fun n => (f n - 2 * n.nth Prime : ℕ∞)) atTop = ⊤formal-conjectures/454.lean ↗
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A389676 — a(n) = Min_{0<i<n} (prime(n-i) + prime(n+i)).7,10,16,20,26,32,40,48,54,62,70,78,88,96,104,114,120,130,140,150,156,166,174,182,192,202,212,220,236,244,252,264,276,286A389677 — a(n) = A389676(n) - 2*prime(n).1,0,2,-2,0,-2,2,2,-4,0,-4,-4,2,2,-2,-4,-2,-4,-2,4,-2,0,-4,-12,-10,-4,-2,2,10,-10,-10,-10,-2,-12,-8,-8,-14,-4,-8,-8,0,-10
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