Erdős problem 1051
Is it true that if is a strictly increasing sequence of integers with , then the series is irrational?
Sources
FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/
1051.lean
Is it true that if is a strictly increasing sequence of integers with , then the series is irrational?
This was solved in the affirmative by Aletheia [Fe26]. This was extended by Barreto, Kang, Kim, Kovač, and Zhang [BKKKZ26], who essentially give a complete answer: if is the golden ratio and is a monotonically increasing sequence of integers such that then is irrational. Conversely, for any there exists a sequence of integers such that where this infinite sum is a rational number.
(Further, more general, results are available in [BKKKZ26].)
This was formalized in Lean by Baretto.
True ↔ ∀ (a : ℕ → ℤ), StrictMono a → Erdos1051.GrowthCondition a → Irrational (Erdos1051.ErdosSeries a)