proposed
reason
Candidate claim vc_f7a87c42fff52207 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57
finding type
open_question
proposed confidence
0.99
confidence basis
agent-imported candidate claim; reviewer acceptance required
frontiers / frontier
e1271/1271 · statement.attested · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-06-10 · null→null
Reviewable change
back to reviewErdős Problem #1141 has status 'disproved (lean)'. Statement: Are there infinitely many $n$ such that $n-k^2$ is prime for all $k$ with $(n,k)=1$ and $k^2 < n$? In [Va99] it is asked whether $968$ is the largest integer with this property, but this is an error, since for example $968-9=7\cdot 137$. The list of $n$ satisfying the given property is [A214583] in the OEIS. The largest known such $n$ is $1722$. The answer is negative: [APSSV26b] proves a stronger finiteness theorem, deducing it from Pollack [Po17]. Oriike [Or26] formalised the deduction in Lean. Topics: number theory, primes. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: A214583.
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vpr_4402372c6101ea2cCandidate claim vc_f7a87c42fff52207 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57null→abccd53fvev_09a54246fda19749Candidate claim vc_f7a87c42fff52207 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57proposed
reason
Candidate claim vc_f7a87c42fff52207 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 #1141 has status 'disproved (lean)'. Statement: Are there infinitely many $n$ such that $n-k^2$ is prime for all $k$ with $(n,k)=1$ and $k^2 < n$? In [Va99] it is asked whether $968$ is the largest integer with this property, but this is an error, since for example $968-9=7\cdot 137$. The list of $n$ satisfying the given property is [A214583] in the OEIS. The largest known such $n$ is $1722$. The answer is negative: [APSSV26b] proves a stronger finiteness theorem, deducing it from Pollack [Po17]. Oriike [Or26] formalised the deduction in Lean. Topics: number theory, primes. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: A214583.
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