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Brennan's Conjecture

Brennan's conjecture, part 1: B(-2) = 1.

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@misc{cairn-brennanconjecture,
  title        = {Brennan's Conjecture},
  author       = {{Cairn Commons contributors}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://cairn-commons.com/problems/brennanconjecture}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Open problem on Cairn Commons, CC BY 4.0. Accessed 2026-09-28}
}

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The problem

The question

brennan_universalSpectrum. Brennan's conjecture, part 1: .

brennan_universalSpectrumBounded. Brennan's conjecture, part 2: .

Formal statement (Lean 4)

From Formal Conjectures, module FormalConjectures.Wikipedia.Brennanconjecture (2 statements).

theorem brennan_universalSpectrum :
    universalSpectrum (-2) = 1
theorem brennan_universalSpectrumBounded :
    universalSpectrumBounded (-2) = 1

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Imported from Formal Conjectures (Wikipedia), commit e6d1743831c2. Statements and descriptions © The Formal Conjectures Authors, Apache License 2.0; reformatted for this page.