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import FormalConjecturesUtilErdős Problem 1201
open Nat Filter Finsetopen Classical
namespace Erdos1201
The set of $n$ for which $P(n(n+1)\cdots(n+k)) > n^{1-\epsilon}$, where $P(m)$ is the greatest prime divisor of $m$.
noncomputable def Erdos1201Set (ε : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
{ n : ℕ |
((sSup {p : ℕ | p.Prime ∧ p ∣ ∏ i ∈ range (k + 1), (n + i)} : ℕ) : ℝ) > (n : ℝ) ^ (1 - ε) }
Is it true that for every $\epsilon,\eta>0$ there exists a $k$ such that the density of $n$ for which $P(n(n+1)\cdots(n+k))>n^{1-\epsilon}$ is at least $1-\eta$ (where $P(m)$ is the greatest prime divisor of $m$)?
@[category research open, AMS 11]
theorem erdos_1201 :
answer(sorry) ↔
∀ ε > 0, ∀ η > 0, ∃ k : ℕ,
atTop.liminf (fun x : ℕ ↦
(((count (Erdos1201Set ε k) x : ℝ) / (x : ℝ)) : EReal)) ≥ (1 - η : EReal) := ⊢ True ↔ ∀ ε > 0, ∀ η > 0, ∃ k, liminf (fun x => ↑↑(count (Erdos1201Set ε k) x) / ↑↑x) atTop ≥ 1 - η
All goals completed! 🐙
Erdős wrote he could prove this for $\epsilon=1/2$.
@[category research solved, AMS 11]
theorem erdos_1201.variants.epsilon_half :
∀ η > 0, ∃ k : ℕ,
atTop.liminf (fun x : ℕ ↦
(((count (Erdos1201Set (1 / 2 : ℝ) k) x : ℝ) / (x : ℝ)) : EReal)) ≥ (1 - η : EReal) := ⊢ ∀ η > 0, ∃ k, liminf (fun x => ↑↑(count (Erdos1201Set (1 / 2) k) x) / ↑↑x) atTop ≥ 1 - η
All goals completed! 🐙
end Erdos1201