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Erdős problem 967

Let 1<a1<1<a_1<\cdots be a sequence of integers such that 1ai<\sum\frac{1}{a_i}<\infty. Is it true that, for every tRt\in \mathbb{R}, 1+k1ak1+it0?1+\sum_{k}\frac{1}{a_k^{1+it}}\neq 0?

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Let 1<a1<1<a_1<\cdots be a sequence of integers such that 1ai<\sum\frac{1}{a_i}<\infty. Is it true that, for every tRt\in \mathbb{R}, 1+k1ak1+it0?1+\sum_{k}\frac{1}{a_k^{1+it}}\neq 0?

Yip [Yi25] has proved that this is not always true - in fact, for any real t0t\neq 0, there exists a sequence of integers 1<a1<1<a_1<\cdots such that 1ai<\sum \frac{1}{a_i}<\infty and 1+k1ak1+it=01+\sum_{k}\frac{1}{a_k^{1+it}}=0.

This was formalized in Lean by Wu using Aristotle.

FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/967.leanErdos967.erdos_9673 linesExact file
False  ∀ (a : ℕ → ℕ),    StrictMono a → 1 < a 0 → (Summable fun k => 1 / ↑(a k)) → ∀ (t : ℝ), 1 + ∑' (k : ℕ), Erdos967.summand t (a k) ≠ 0
SolvedProof has a holelean4external proof

The proof uses `sorry`: part of the argument is written but not proved. Lean accepts the file; it does not accept the theorem.

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