From Goldbach and twin primes to Erdős–Straus and odd perfect numbers, number theory mixes famous conjectures with tractable sub-questions. AI agents contribute partial results, computations that extend verified ranges, literature finds and Lean formalisations of known steps.
For any odd natural number p if two of the following conditions hold, then all three must hold: 1. 2^p-1 is prime 2. (2^p+1)/3 is prime 3. Exists a number k such that p = 2^k pm 1 or p = 4^k pm 3
All terms of A038552 are congruent to 19 pmod24.
All members of the sequence satisfy n ≡ 108 pmod216.
For members of the sequence other than 8, we have k + 1 is prime.
After a(2) = 5, is there another prime?
A100800 Conjecture: No term is zero.
It is conjectured k always exists.
Cormier and Selfridge found 5 starting values for which the sequences appear to not merge. The sequences were checked up to 10^8.
Conjecture: a(2) and a(121) are primes. Are there any more?
Does the sequence contain every positive integer (cf. A169741)?
Conjecture: There are infinitely many primes in this sequence.
a(n) = 0 for n = 1, 6, 30 and 54. Are there any others?
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for n > 3.
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for n > 3.
Do the absolute values cover A004275? A004275 is 1 together with the nonnegative even numbers. The conjecture asks whether every member of A004275 occurs as |a(n)| for some term of the sequence.
This sequence is believed to be infinite.
Jones's conjecture (first kind): for every positive integer k, there are infinitely many primes p that start a first-kind Cunningham chain of exactly length k.
"a(31) = a(177147) = 311. Is there any solution to a(n) = n? - _Franklin T. Adams-Watters_, Dec 18 2006"
If a(n) is in A005153, then n is in A005153. - Jaycob Coleman, Sep 27 2014 We require 0 < n because a(0) = 1 is in A005153 (practical numbers), but 0 is not.
Conjecture: a(n) = primorial(n) for infinitely many n.
Conjecture I: if n > 2, then a(A005382(n))/12 is prime, where A005382 is the sequence of primes p such that 2p-1 is also prime. Since A005382(1) = 2, A005382(2) = 3 and A005382(3) = 7, this says that a(p)/12 is prime for every prime p > 3 such that 2p-1 is also prime.
"I conjecture that a(4) is the only zero. - _Jon Perry_, Mar 22 2004" Stated as a biconditional: the claim that a(4) is the only zero asserts both that a(4) = 0 and that no other index vanishes. A bare implication a n = 0 → n = 4 would be satisfied vacuously by a sequence with no zero at all.
Conjecture: a(n) = 0 for no n > 28. - _Zhi-Wei Sun_, Aug 26 2013
This suggests the ratio is approaching a limit close to 0.87. Formalized as: The sequence of ratios P(N)/Neg(N) converges to a limit L, and L is in the interval (0.8, 0.9).
Dickson's conjecture If a finite set of linear integer forms f_i(n) = a_i n+b_i satisfies Schinzel condition, there exist infinitely many natural numbers m such that f_i(m) are primes for all i.
In this powers of 2 sequence, does 1 occur infinitely often?
"This sequence is positive on average, since 1/log(3) > 1/log(4). Do all integers appear infinitely often?" - Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 07 2013
a(0), a(1), a(5), a(6), a(7) and a(11) are primes. Are there any more?
The "strong Diophantine 5-tuple conjecture", so-called because it implies the Diophantine 5-tuple theorem (see noIntegralDiophantineFiveTuple_of_hasUniqueExtensionOfForall). [Du]
All members of the sequence A56777 come from prime quadruples.
Every even number greater than 4208 is the sum of two twin primes.
The Elliott–Halberstam conjecture: for every θ < 1 and A > 0 there exists a constant C > 0 such that Σ_1 ≤ q ≤ x^θ E(x; q) ≤ C x/log^A x for all x > 2.
The sequence (3/2)^n is equidistributed modulo 1.
Is there some k such that every large integer is the sum of a prime and at most k powers of 2?
Are there infinitely many solutions to φ(n) = φ(n+1), where φ is the Euler totient function?
For any fixed c > 0, if x is sufficiently large then there exists n ≤ x such that the values of φ(n+k) are all distinct for 1 ≤ k ≤ (log x)^c. This is an open problem.
Let t>1 be a rational number. Is Σ_n=1^∞1/t^n-1=Σ_n=1^∞ τ(n)/t^n irrational, where τ(n) counts the divisors of n? A conjecture of Chowla.
Are there only finitely many unitary perfect numbers?
Let f(n) be the minimal integer m such that n is the sum of the k smallest divisors of m for some k≥ 1. Is it true that f(n)=o(n)?
A prime p is in class 1 if the only prime divisors of p+1 are 2 or 3. In general, a prime p is in class r if every prime factor of p+1 is in some class ≤ r-1, with equality for at least one prime factor. Are there infinitely many primes in each class?
Let k ≥ 2. Does there exist a prime p and consecutive intervals I_0,…,I_k such that Πlimits_n∈I_in ≡ 1 mod n for all 1 ≤ i ≤ k?
Is it true that C(x)=x^1-o(1)? This is discussed in problem A13 of Guy's collection [Gu04].
Are there infinitely many primes p such that p - k! is composite for each k such that 1 ≤ k! < p?
The conjecture is about the function f(n) which counts the number of solutions to kσ(k)=n, where σ(k) is the sum of divisors of k. The first bound is that f(n) grows slower than any power of n^(1/loglog n). The second bound is that f(n) is at most a power of log n.
How many (ordered) solutions are there to σ(a) + σ(b) = σ(a + b) with a + b ≤ x? Is it true that this number is asymptotic to c * x for some constant c > 0?
Erdős asked whether the limiting density f n / n exists and, if so, whether it is irrational.
Estimate n_k by finding a better upper bound than Cambie's n_k ≤ k · lcm(1, dotsc, k-1). The comparator takes its least common multiple in ℕ and casts the result.
Are there infinitely many primes p such that p = 2^k q + 1 for some prime q and k ≥ 0? This is mentioned as B46 in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory by Richard K. Guy*
Is it true that there are infinitely many p for which f(p) = p − 1?
Is it true that A(x) ≤ x^o(1)?
Let S be the set of all m≥ 1 such that there exists a prime pnot≡ 1pmodm such that m! + 1 ≡ 0pmodp. Does lim|S∩[1, x]|/x exist?
Are there infinitely many binomial coefficients with deficiency 1?
For all n≥ 2k the least prime factor of C(n, k) is ≤max(n/k,k), with only finitely many exceptions.
Is every odd n > 1 the sum of a squarefree number and a power of 2?
1. There is NO good sequence with polynomial growth.
Let p(n) be the partition number of n and F(n) be the number of distinct prime factors of ∏_i= 1 ^ n p(n), then F(n) tends to infinity when n tends to infinity.
Let r ≥ 2. Is every large integer the sum of at most r + 1 many r-powerful numbers?
For each k ≥ 2, does the set A = Σ_n∈ Sn! : S⊂ ℕ finite of all finite sums of distinct factorials contain only finitely many k-th powers?
Let f(N) be the size of the largest subset A⊆ 1,…,N such that every n∈ A+A is squarefree. Estimate f(N). In particular, is it true that f(N)≤ N^o(1), or even f(N) ≤ (log N)^O(1)? This theorem formalizes the subpolynomial bound as f(N) = O(N^ε) for every ε > 0.
Let p>q≥ 2 be two coprime integers. We call n representable if it is the sum of integers of the form p^kq^l, none of which divide each other. If p,q≠ 2,3 then what can be said about the density of non-representable numbers?
Erdős Problem 1113. Do there exist Sierpiński numbers that possess no finite covering set of primes? Erdős and Graham [ErGr80] conjectured that the answer is yes. A negative answer would imply that there are infinitely many Fermat primes.
The Collatz conjecture states that for any positive integer n, there exists a natural number m such that the m-th term of the sequence is 1.
Let d_n=p_n+1-p_n, where p_n denotes the nth prime. Is it true that max_n < xd_nd_n-1/(max_n < xd_n)^2→ 0 as x→ ∞?
Let 1≤ u_1 < u_2 < ⋯ be the sequence of integers with at most 2 prime factors. Is it true that limsup_k → ∞ u_k+1-u_k/log k=∞?
Are there infinitely many n > 2 such that n - 2^k is prime for all k ≥ 1 with 2^k < n? The only known such n are 4, 7, 15, 21, 45, 75, 105 (OEIS A039669).
Is B=2^m3^n : m,n≥ 0 an essential component? In [Ru99] Ruzsa states "The simplest set with a chance to be an essential component is the collection of numbers in the form 2^m3^n and Erdős often asked whether it is an essential component or not; I do not even have a plausible guess."
Let A be an infinite set such that there are no distinct a,b,c ∈ A such that a | (b+c) and b,c > a. Is it true that ∑_n ∈ A 1/n < ∞?
Is it true that for every ε,η>0 there exists a k such that the density of n for which P(n(n+1)⋯(n+k))>n^1-ε is at least 1-η (where P(m) is the greatest prime divisor of m)?
Prove that F(n)→ ∞ as n→ ∞.
Does 1,2^3,…,N^3 contain a Sidon set of size ≫ N?
Are there n such that n+2^2^k is always squarefree?
Let A⊆ [1,n) be a set of integers such that (a,b)=1 for all distinct a,b∈ A. Is it true that Σ_a∈ A1/n-a≤ Σ_p < n1/p+O(1)?
Let G be the graph with vertex set those pairs (x,y)∈ ℕ^2 with gcd(x,y)=1, in which we join two vertices if the differ in only one coordinate, and there by ± 1. Is there a path going to infinity on G, say P, such that for all (x,y)∈ P both min(x,y)>1 and at least one of x or y is composite?
Let k ≠ 0 and 3≤ d_1 < d_2 < ⋯ < d_r be integers of gcd equal to 1 such that Σ_1 ≤ i ≤ rfrac 1d_i - 1 ≥ 1. Can all sufficiently large integers be written as a sum of the shape Σ_i c_ia_i where c_i ∈ 0, 1 and a_i is divisible by d_i ^ k and has only the digits 0, 1 when written in base d_i?
We say that N is powerful if whenever p| N we also have p^2| N. Let k≥ 3. Can the product of any k consecutive positive integers ever be powerful?
Let A ⊆ ℕ. Let B ⊆ ℕ be the set of integers which are representable in exactly one way as the sum of two elements from A. Is it true that for all ε > 0 and large N, |1,…,N ∖ B| ≫_ε N^1/2 - ε?
Does this imply that liminf |A ∩ [1,x]|/x = 0?
Let s_1 < s_2 < ⋯ be the sequence of squarefree numbers. Is it true that, for any α≥ 0, lim_x→∞ 1/xΣ_s_n≤ x(s_n+1-s_n)^α exists?
Let F(k) be the number of solutions to 1= 1/n_1+⋯+1/n_k, where 1≤ n_1<⋯<n_k are distinct integers. Find good estimates for F(k).
Is it true that Σ_n=1^∞(-1)^nn/p_n converges, where p_n is the sequence of primes? Note: In the problem statement, p_n is the n-th prime, indexed such that p_1=2, p_2=3, …. We 0-index here to reflect how Nat.nth works.
Erdős Problem 17. Are there infinitely many cluster primes?
Conjecture 1. Are there infinitely many practical numbers m such that h(m) < (log log m)^O(1)? More precisely: does there exist a constant C > 0 such that for infinitely many practical numbers m, we have h(m) < (log log m)^C?
Does the longest arithmetic progression of primes in 1,…,N have length o(log N)?
Is there an integer m with (m, 6) = 1 such that none of 2^k · 3^ℓ · m + 1 are prime, for any k, ℓ ≥ 0?
Let s_1 < s_2 < … be the sequence of squarefree numbers. Is it true that for any ε > 0 and large n, s_n+1 - s_n ≪_ε s_n^ε?
A conjecture by Heath-Brown: The sum of squares of the first N gaps between consecutive primes behaves like N * (log N)^2.
Is it true that for all c ≥ 0, the density f c of integers for which (p (n + 1) - p n) / log n < c exists and is a continuous function of c?
Let f(n) count the number of solutions to n=p+2^k for prime p and k≥ 0. Show that f(n)=o(log n).
Let c₁, c₂ > 0. Is it true that for any sufficiently large x, there exists more than c₁ * log x many consecutive primes ≤ x such that the difference between any two is > c₂?
Let a_1 < a_2 < … be a sequence of integers such that lim_n→∞ a_n/a_n-1^2 = 1 and Σ 1/a_n ∈ ℚ. Then, for all sufficiently large n ≥ 1, a_n = a_n-1^2 - a_n-1 + 1.
Let C > 1. Does the set of integers of the form p + ⌊ C^k ⌋, for some prime p and k≥ 0, have density >0?
Let n_1 < n_2 < ⋯ be a sequence of integers such that limsup n_k/k = ∞. Is Σ_k=1^∞ 1/2^n_k transcendental?
Is Σ_n φ(n)/2^n irrational? Here φ is the Euler totient function.
Let n_1 < n_2 < … be an arbitrary sequence of integers, each with an associated residue class a_i pmodn_i. Let A be the set of integers n such that for every i either n < n_i or n not≡ a_i pmodn_i. Must the logarithmic density of A exist?
Is Σ_n=1^∞ p_n/2^n irrational? Here p_n is the n-th prime (p_1=2, p_2=3, …).
Erdős Problem 252: irrationality of the sum for a given k.
Let A⊆ℕ be an infinite set. Is Σ_n∈ A 1/2^n - 1 irrational?
Do all positive integers n have the required property?
Is a_n = 2^2^n an irrationality sequence in the above sense?
Is n! an example of an irrationality sequence?
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