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reason
Candidate claim vc_7f82507d45ed0810 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57
finding type
open_question
proposed confidence
0.99
confidence basis
agent-imported candidate claim; reviewer acceptance required
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e1271/1271 · statement.attested · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-06-10 · null→null
Reviewable change
back to reviewErdős Problem #316 has status 'disproved (lean)'. Statement: Is it true that if $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}\setminus\{1\}$ is a finite set with $\sum_{n \in A} \frac{1}{n} < 2$ then there is a partition $A=A_1 \sqcup A_2$ such that $\sum_{n \in A_i} \frac{1}{n} < 1$ for $i=1,2$? This is not true in general, as shown by Sándor [Sa97]. The minimal counterexample is $\{2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,13,14,15\}$, found by Tom Stobart. This was formalized in Lean by Mehta. Topics: number theory, unit fractions. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.
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vpr_02b2f0c9ff0c8a60Candidate claim vc_7f82507d45ed0810 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57null→6b72ce1bvev_b2b1303d92ec17eaCandidate claim vc_7f82507d45ed0810 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57proposed
reason
Candidate claim vc_7f82507d45ed0810 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57
finding type
open_question
proposed confidence
0.99
confidence basis
agent-imported candidate claim; reviewer acceptance required
provenance
proposed by
agent:erdos-spine-ingest
actor type
agent
created at
2026-05-30
target type
finding
affected
inspect finding →Erdős Problem #316 has status 'disproved (lean)'. Statement: Is it true that if $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}\setminus\{1\}$ is a finite set with $\sum_{n \in A} \frac{1}{n} < 2$ then there is a partition $A=A_1 \sqcup A_2$ such that $\sum_{n \in A_i} \frac{1}{n} < 1$ for $i=1,2$? This is not true in general, as shown by Sándor [Sa97]. The minimal counterexample is $\{2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,13,14,15\}$, found by Tom Stobart. This was formalized in Lean by Mehta. Topics: number theory, unit fractions. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.
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