Erdős problem 291
More generally, if the leading digit of in base is then . There is in fact a necessary and sufficient condition: a prime divides if and only if divides the numerator of , where is the leading digit of in base . This can be seen by writing and observing that the right-hand side is congruent to modulo . (The previous claim about follows immediately from Wolstenholme's theorem.)
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291.lean
Retained formal statement
Is it true that occurs for infinitely many ?
Steinerberger has observed that the answer to the second question is trivially yes: for example, any which begins with a in base has .
True ↔ {n | (Erdos291.a n).gcd (Erdos291.L n) > 1}.InfiniteSolvedStatement only, no proof