Erdős Problem 243

formal-conjectures · erdos-problems · ams-40

Let $a_1 < a_2 < \dots$ be a sequence of integers such that
$\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{a_n}{a_{n-1}^2} = 1$ and $\sum \frac{1}{a_n} \in \mathbb{Q}$.

Then, for all sufficiently large $n \ge 1$, $a_n = a_{n-1}^2 - a_{n-1} + 1$.

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/243
Formal statement provenance (Apache-2.0) (checked 2026-09-11): https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/cd3d8db4634733a748b2380f80f77ba3e4b9dda0/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/243.lean
Local target: Corpus.Erdos243.erdos_243
Source SHA-256: ba1f9cf94ad340e25ce7d47b19d29f19bf39fc4f4da2d6a1a098e93bbdcdcf0a
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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