Erdős problem 678
Write be the least common multiple of . Let be sufficiently large. Are there infinitely many with such that ? The answer is yes, as proved in a strong form by Cambie [Ca24]. [Ca24] S. Cambie, Resolution of an Erdős' problem on least common multiples. arXiv:2410.09138 (2024).
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Write be the least common multiple of . Let be sufficiently large. Are there infinitely many with such that ? The answer is yes, as proved in a strong form by Cambie [Ca24]. [Ca24] S. Cambie, Resolution of an Erdős' problem on least common multiples. arXiv:2410.09138 (2024).
This was formalized in Lean by Alexeev using Aristotle, on top of the PNT+ project.
For a fixed there are only finitely many such pairs, so "infinitely many" is read here as ranging over as well: for every sufficiently large at least one pair occurs. See erdos_678.variants.infinitely_many_triples for the reading in which the infinitude is stated directly, and erdos_678.variants.not_infinitely_many_pairs for why it cannot be asked of a single .
True ↔ ∀ᶠ (k : ℕ) in Filter.atTop, {(m, n) | n + k ≤ m ∧ Finset.lcmInterval m (k + 1) < Finset.lcmInterval n k}.Nonempty