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Candidate claim vc_bb9b2bbf9f48c816 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57
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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 #355 has status 'proved (lean)'. Statement: Is there a lacunary sequence $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ (so that $A=\{a_1 < \cdots\}$ and there exists some $\lambda > 1$ such that $a_{n+1}/a_n\geq \lambda$ for all $n\geq 1$) such that $$\left\{ \sum_{a\in A'}\frac{1}{a} : A'\subseteq A\textrm{ finite}\right\}$$ contain all rationals in some open interval? Bleicher and Erdős conjectured the answer is no. In fact the answer is yes, with any lacunarity constant $\lambda\in (1,2)$ (though not $\lambda=2$), as proved by van Doorn and Kova\v{c} [DoKo25]. This was formalized in Lean by van Doorn using Aristotle. Topics: number theory, unit fractions. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.
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vpr_a78993ad9ede985aCandidate claim vc_bb9b2bbf9f48c816 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57null→d8240519vev_44cc2545eaf4f9ecCandidate claim vc_bb9b2bbf9f48c816 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57proposed
reason
Candidate claim vc_bb9b2bbf9f48c816 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 #355 has status 'proved (lean)'. Statement: Is there a lacunary sequence $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ (so that $A=\{a_1 < \cdots\}$ and there exists some $\lambda > 1$ such that $a_{n+1}/a_n\geq \lambda$ for all $n\geq 1$) such that $$\left\{ \sum_{a\in A'}\frac{1}{a} : A'\subseteq A\textrm{ finite}\right\}$$ contain all rationals in some open interval? Bleicher and Erdős conjectured the answer is no. In fact the answer is yes, with any lacunarity constant $\lambda\in (1,2)$ (though not $\lambda=2$), as proved by van Doorn and Kova\v{c} [DoKo25]. This was formalized in Lean by van Doorn using Aristotle. Topics: number theory, unit fractions. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.
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