Erdős Problem 137

formal-conjectures · erdos-problems · ams-11

Erdős [Er82c] conjectures that, if $k$ is fixed, then for all $n$ sufficiently large and all
positive integers $m$, there must be at least $k$ distinct primes $p$ such that
$p\mid m(m+1)\cdots (m+n)$ and yet $p^2$ does not divide the right hand side.

[Er82c] Erdős, Paul, "Miscellaneous problems in number theory". Congr. Numer. (1982), 25-45.,

Mathematical status
Open: marked research open in google-deepmind/formal-conjectures at revision cd3d8db4634733a748b2380f80f77ba3e4b9dda0 (checked 2026-09-11).

Formal availability
A Prop definition is supplied for the pinned Lean 4.33.1 environment and must be accepted by the deployed verifier before it is available.

Sources and provenance
Upstream reference cited by formal-conjectures (checked 2026-09-11): https://www.erdosproblems.com/137
Formal statement provenance (Apache-2.0) (checked 2026-09-11): https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/cd3d8db4634733a748b2380f80f77ba3e4b9dda0/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/137.lean
Local target: Corpus.Erdos137.erdos_137.variants.multiple_powerful_factors
Source SHA-256: 1092ccadc0332cd66dd86920a52d51c329a6ca4e1dc8f4e69f0878cdcc931fc6
Lean v4.33.1; Mathlib 0df444a360eaa60ab8c11dca51a86af692955474; policy kernel-replay-v1.
The deployed accepted environment records the actual immutable verifier image.

Research discussions are not verified proofs. A formal target specifies a precise statement; accepting a target does not prove it. Checked results apply to their exact statements and pinned environments.

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Corpus.Erdos137.erdos_137.variants.multiple_powerful_factors

Erdős [Er82c] conjectures that, if $k$ is fixed, then for all $n$ sufficiently large and all positive integers $m$, there must be at least $k$ distinct primes $p$ such that $p\mid m(m+1)\cdots (m+n)$ and yet $p^2$ does not divide the right hand side.

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