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Kurepa's conjecture

Reference: On the left factorial function !N, by Đuro Kurepa Math. Balkanica 1, p. 147-153, 1971

namespace Kurepaopen BigOperators Nat Finset

Left factorial of n $$!n = 0! + 1! + 2! + \dots + (n-1)!$$

def left_factorial (n : ) := m Finset.range n, m !local notation "!" n => left_factorial n

Kurepa's conjecture

For all $n$, $$!n\not\equiv 0 \mod n$$

This appears as B44 "Sums of factorials." in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory by Richard K. Guy

@[category research open, AMS 11] theorem kurepa_conjecture (n : ) (h_n : 2 < n) : (!n : ) % n 0 := n:h_n:2 < n(!n) % n 0 All goals completed! 🐙

This statement can be reduced to the prime case only.

@[category research open, AMS 11] theorem kurepa_conjecture.variants.prime (p : ) (h_p : 2 < p) : p.Prime (!p : ) % p 0 := p:h_p:2 < pNat.Prime p (!p) % p 0 All goals completed! 🐙

Kurepa's conjecture for all integers greater than 2 is equivalent to the conjecture restricted to primes greater than 2.

h: (p : ), 2 < p Nat.Prime p (!p) % p 0n:hn:2 < nh_mod:(!n) % n = 0this:n.primeFactorsList.prod nFalse All goals completed! 🐙

An equivalent formulation in terms of the gcd of $n!$ and $!n$.

@[category research open, AMS 11] theorem kurepa_conjecture.variants.gcd (n : ) : 2 < n (n !).gcd (! n) = 2 := n:2 < n n !.gcd (!n) = 2 All goals completed! 🐙

Kurepa's conjecture for all integers greater than 2 is equivalent to the statement that $\gcd(n!, !n) = 2$ for all integers greater than 2.

h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S:hn:2 < S + 1c:hc:c (S + 1)!h_dvd:(∑ x range c, x ! % c) % c = 0hc':c S + 1c 2 h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S:hn:2 < S + 1c:hc:c (S + 1)!h_dvd:(∑ x range c, x ! % c) % c = 0hc':c S + 1x✝:¬c 22 < c match c with h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S:hn:2 < S + 1c:hc:0 (S + 1)!h_dvd:(∑ x range 0, x ! % 0) % 0 = 0hc':0 S + 1x✝:¬0 22 < 0 h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S:hn:2 < S + 1c:h_dvd:(∑ x range 0, x ! % 0) % 0 = 0hc':0 S + 1x✝:¬0 2hc:0 2¬0 (S + 1)! h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S:hn:2 < S + 1c:h_dvd:(∑ x range 0, x ! % 0) % 0 = 0hc':0 S + 1x✝:¬0 2hc:0 2¬(S + 1)! = 0 All goals completed! 🐙 h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S:hn:2 < S + 1c:hc:1 (S + 1)!h_dvd:(∑ x range 1, x ! % 1) % 1 = 0hc':1 S + 1x✝:¬1 22 < 1 All goals completed! 🐙 h: (n : ), 2 < n (!n) % n 0n:S✝:hn:2 < S + 1c:S:hc:S + 3 (S✝ + 1)!h_dvd:(∑ x range (S + 3), x ! % (S + 3)) % (S + 3) = 0hc':S + 3 S✝ + 1x✝:¬S + 3 22 < S + 3 All goals completed! 🐙

Sanity check: for small values we can just compute that the conjecture is true

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem kurepa_conjecture.variants.first_cases (n : ) (h_n : 2 < n) (h_n_upper : n < 50) : (!n : ) % n 0 := n:h_n:2 < nh_n_upper:n < 50(!n) % n 0 n:h_n:2 < 3h_n_upper:3 < 50(!3) % 3 0n:h_n:2 < 4h_n_upper:4 < 50(!4) % 4 0n:h_n:2 < 5h_n_upper:5 < 50(!5) % 5 0n:h_n:2 < 6h_n_upper:6 < 50(!6) % 6 0n:h_n:2 < 7h_n_upper:7 < 50(!7) % 7 0n:h_n:2 < 8h_n_upper:8 < 50(!8) % 8 0n:h_n:2 < 9h_n_upper:9 < 50(!9) % 9 0n:h_n:2 < 10h_n_upper:10 < 50(!10) % 10 0n:h_n:2 < 11h_n_upper:11 < 50(!11) % 11 0n:h_n:2 < 12h_n_upper:12 < 50(!12) % 12 0n:h_n:2 < 13h_n_upper:13 < 50(!13) % 13 0n:h_n:2 < 14h_n_upper:14 < 50(!14) % 14 0n:h_n:2 < 15h_n_upper:15 < 50(!15) % 15 0n:h_n:2 < 16h_n_upper:16 < 50(!16) % 16 0n:h_n:2 < 17h_n_upper:17 < 50(!17) % 17 0n:h_n:2 < 18h_n_upper:18 < 50(!18) % 18 0n:h_n:2 < 19h_n_upper:19 < 50(!19) % 19 0n:h_n:2 < 20h_n_upper:20 < 50(!20) % 20 0n:h_n:2 < 21h_n_upper:21 < 50(!21) % 21 0n:h_n:2 < 22h_n_upper:22 < 50(!22) % 22 0n:h_n:2 < 23h_n_upper:23 < 50(!23) % 23 0n:h_n:2 < 24h_n_upper:24 < 50(!24) % 24 0n:h_n:2 < 25h_n_upper:25 < 50(!25) % 25 0n:h_n:2 < 26h_n_upper:26 < 50(!26) % 26 0n:h_n:2 < 27h_n_upper:27 < 50(!27) % 27 0n:h_n:2 < 28h_n_upper:28 < 50(!28) % 28 0n:h_n:2 < 29h_n_upper:29 < 50(!29) % 29 0n:h_n:2 < 30h_n_upper:30 < 50(!30) % 30 0n:h_n:2 < 31h_n_upper:31 < 50(!31) % 31 0n:h_n:2 < 32h_n_upper:32 < 50(!32) % 32 0n:h_n:2 < 33h_n_upper:33 < 50(!33) % 33 0n:h_n:2 < 34h_n_upper:34 < 50(!34) % 34 0n:h_n:2 < 35h_n_upper:35 < 50(!35) % 35 0n:h_n:2 < 36h_n_upper:36 < 50(!36) % 36 0n:h_n:2 < 37h_n_upper:37 < 50(!37) % 37 0n:h_n:2 < 38h_n_upper:38 < 50(!38) % 38 0n:h_n:2 < 39h_n_upper:39 < 50(!39) % 39 0n:h_n:2 < 40h_n_upper:40 < 50(!40) % 40 0n:h_n:2 < 41h_n_upper:41 < 50(!41) % 41 0n:h_n:2 < 42h_n_upper:42 < 50(!42) % 42 0n:h_n:2 < 43h_n_upper:43 < 50(!43) % 43 0n:h_n:2 < 44h_n_upper:44 < 50(!44) % 44 0n:h_n:2 < 45h_n_upper:45 < 50(!45) % 45 0n:h_n:2 < 46h_n_upper:46 < 50(!46) % 46 0n:h_n:2 < 47h_n_upper:47 < 50(!47) % 47 0n:h_n:2 < 48h_n_upper:48 < 50(!48) % 48 0n:h_n:2 < 49h_n_upper:49 < 50(!49) % 49 0 n:h_n:2 < 3h_n_upper:3 < 50(!3) % 3 0n:h_n:2 < 4h_n_upper:4 < 50(!4) % 4 0n:h_n:2 < 5h_n_upper:5 < 50(!5) % 5 0n:h_n:2 < 6h_n_upper:6 < 50(!6) % 6 0n:h_n:2 < 7h_n_upper:7 < 50(!7) % 7 0n:h_n:2 < 8h_n_upper:8 < 50(!8) % 8 0n:h_n:2 < 9h_n_upper:9 < 50(!9) % 9 0n:h_n:2 < 10h_n_upper:10 < 50(!10) % 10 0n:h_n:2 < 11h_n_upper:11 < 50(!11) % 11 0n:h_n:2 < 12h_n_upper:12 < 50(!12) % 12 0n:h_n:2 < 13h_n_upper:13 < 50(!13) % 13 0n:h_n:2 < 14h_n_upper:14 < 50(!14) % 14 0n:h_n:2 < 15h_n_upper:15 < 50(!15) % 15 0n:h_n:2 < 16h_n_upper:16 < 50(!16) % 16 0n:h_n:2 < 17h_n_upper:17 < 50(!17) % 17 0n:h_n:2 < 18h_n_upper:18 < 50(!18) % 18 0n:h_n:2 < 19h_n_upper:19 < 50(!19) % 19 0n:h_n:2 < 20h_n_upper:20 < 50(!20) % 20 0n:h_n:2 < 21h_n_upper:21 < 50(!21) % 21 0n:h_n:2 < 22h_n_upper:22 < 50(!22) % 22 0n:h_n:2 < 23h_n_upper:23 < 50(!23) % 23 0n:h_n:2 < 24h_n_upper:24 < 50(!24) % 24 0n:h_n:2 < 25h_n_upper:25 < 50(!25) % 25 0n:h_n:2 < 26h_n_upper:26 < 50(!26) % 26 0n:h_n:2 < 27h_n_upper:27 < 50(!27) % 27 0n:h_n:2 < 28h_n_upper:28 < 50(!28) % 28 0n:h_n:2 < 29h_n_upper:29 < 50(!29) % 29 0n:h_n:2 < 30h_n_upper:30 < 50(!30) % 30 0n:h_n:2 < 31h_n_upper:31 < 50(!31) % 31 0n:h_n:2 < 32h_n_upper:32 < 50(!32) % 32 0n:h_n:2 < 33h_n_upper:33 < 50(!33) % 33 0n:h_n:2 < 34h_n_upper:34 < 50(!34) % 34 0n:h_n:2 < 35h_n_upper:35 < 50(!35) % 35 0n:h_n:2 < 36h_n_upper:36 < 50(!36) % 36 0n:h_n:2 < 37h_n_upper:37 < 50(!37) % 37 0n:h_n:2 < 38h_n_upper:38 < 50(!38) % 38 0n:h_n:2 < 39h_n_upper:39 < 50(!39) % 39 0n:h_n:2 < 40h_n_upper:40 < 50(!40) % 40 0n:h_n:2 < 41h_n_upper:41 < 50(!41) % 41 0n:h_n:2 < 42h_n_upper:42 < 50(!42) % 42 0n:h_n:2 < 43h_n_upper:43 < 50(!43) % 43 0n:h_n:2 < 44h_n_upper:44 < 50(!44) % 44 0n:h_n:2 < 45h_n_upper:45 < 50(!45) % 45 0n:h_n:2 < 46h_n_upper:46 < 50(!46) % 46 0n:h_n:2 < 47h_n_upper:47 < 50(!47) % 47 0n:h_n:2 < 48h_n_upper:48 < 50(!48) % 48 0n:h_n:2 < 49h_n_upper:49 < 50(!49) % 49 0 All goals completed! 🐙

Sanity check: for small values we can just compute that the conjecture is true.

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem kurepa_conjecture.variants.gcd.first_cases (n : ) (h_n : 2 < n) (h_n_upper : n < 50) : (n !).gcd (! n) = 2 := n:h_n:2 < nh_n_upper:n < 50n !.gcd (!n) = 2 n:h_n:2 < 3h_n_upper:3 < 503!.gcd (!3) = 2n:h_n:2 < 4h_n_upper:4 < 504!.gcd (!4) = 2n:h_n:2 < 5h_n_upper:5 < 505!.gcd (!5) = 2n:h_n:2 < 6h_n_upper:6 < 506!.gcd (!6) = 2n:h_n:2 < 7h_n_upper:7 < 507!.gcd (!7) = 2n:h_n:2 < 8h_n_upper:8 < 508!.gcd (!8) = 2n:h_n:2 < 9h_n_upper:9 < 509!.gcd (!9) = 2n:h_n:2 < 10h_n_upper:10 < 5010!.gcd (!10) = 2n:h_n:2 < 11h_n_upper:11 < 5011!.gcd (!11) = 2n:h_n:2 < 12h_n_upper:12 < 5012!.gcd (!12) = 2n:h_n:2 < 13h_n_upper:13 < 5013!.gcd (!13) = 2n:h_n:2 < 14h_n_upper:14 < 5014!.gcd (!14) = 2n:h_n:2 < 15h_n_upper:15 < 5015!.gcd (!15) = 2n:h_n:2 < 16h_n_upper:16 < 5016!.gcd (!16) = 2n:h_n:2 < 17h_n_upper:17 < 5017!.gcd (!17) = 2n:h_n:2 < 18h_n_upper:18 < 5018!.gcd (!18) = 2n:h_n:2 < 19h_n_upper:19 < 5019!.gcd (!19) = 2n:h_n:2 < 20h_n_upper:20 < 5020!.gcd (!20) = 2n:h_n:2 < 21h_n_upper:21 < 5021!.gcd (!21) = 2n:h_n:2 < 22h_n_upper:22 < 5022!.gcd (!22) = 2n:h_n:2 < 23h_n_upper:23 < 5023!.gcd (!23) = 2n:h_n:2 < 24h_n_upper:24 < 5024!.gcd (!24) = 2n:h_n:2 < 25h_n_upper:25 < 5025!.gcd (!25) = 2n:h_n:2 < 26h_n_upper:26 < 5026!.gcd (!26) = 2n:h_n:2 < 27h_n_upper:27 < 5027!.gcd (!27) = 2n:h_n:2 < 28h_n_upper:28 < 5028!.gcd (!28) = 2n:h_n:2 < 29h_n_upper:29 < 5029!.gcd (!29) = 2n:h_n:2 < 30h_n_upper:30 < 5030!.gcd (!30) = 2n:h_n:2 < 31h_n_upper:31 < 5031!.gcd (!31) = 2n:h_n:2 < 32h_n_upper:32 < 5032!.gcd (!32) = 2n:h_n:2 < 33h_n_upper:33 < 5033!.gcd (!33) = 2n:h_n:2 < 34h_n_upper:34 < 5034!.gcd (!34) = 2n:h_n:2 < 35h_n_upper:35 < 5035!.gcd (!35) = 2n:h_n:2 < 36h_n_upper:36 < 5036!.gcd (!36) = 2n:h_n:2 < 37h_n_upper:37 < 5037!.gcd (!37) = 2n:h_n:2 < 38h_n_upper:38 < 5038!.gcd (!38) = 2n:h_n:2 < 39h_n_upper:39 < 5039!.gcd (!39) = 2n:h_n:2 < 40h_n_upper:40 < 5040!.gcd (!40) = 2n:h_n:2 < 41h_n_upper:41 < 5041!.gcd (!41) = 2n:h_n:2 < 42h_n_upper:42 < 5042!.gcd (!42) = 2n:h_n:2 < 43h_n_upper:43 < 5043!.gcd (!43) = 2n:h_n:2 < 44h_n_upper:44 < 5044!.gcd (!44) = 2n:h_n:2 < 45h_n_upper:45 < 5045!.gcd (!45) = 2n:h_n:2 < 46h_n_upper:46 < 5046!.gcd (!46) = 2n:h_n:2 < 47h_n_upper:47 < 5047!.gcd (!47) = 2n:h_n:2 < 48h_n_upper:48 < 5048!.gcd (!48) = 2n:h_n:2 < 49h_n_upper:49 < 5049!.gcd (!49) = 2 n:h_n:2 < 3h_n_upper:3 < 503!.gcd (!3) = 2n:h_n:2 < 4h_n_upper:4 < 504!.gcd (!4) = 2n:h_n:2 < 5h_n_upper:5 < 505!.gcd (!5) = 2n:h_n:2 < 6h_n_upper:6 < 506!.gcd (!6) = 2n:h_n:2 < 7h_n_upper:7 < 507!.gcd (!7) = 2n:h_n:2 < 8h_n_upper:8 < 508!.gcd (!8) = 2n:h_n:2 < 9h_n_upper:9 < 509!.gcd (!9) = 2n:h_n:2 < 10h_n_upper:10 < 5010!.gcd (!10) = 2n:h_n:2 < 11h_n_upper:11 < 5011!.gcd (!11) = 2n:h_n:2 < 12h_n_upper:12 < 5012!.gcd (!12) = 2n:h_n:2 < 13h_n_upper:13 < 5013!.gcd (!13) = 2n:h_n:2 < 14h_n_upper:14 < 5014!.gcd (!14) = 2n:h_n:2 < 15h_n_upper:15 < 5015!.gcd (!15) = 2n:h_n:2 < 16h_n_upper:16 < 5016!.gcd (!16) = 2n:h_n:2 < 17h_n_upper:17 < 5017!.gcd (!17) = 2n:h_n:2 < 18h_n_upper:18 < 5018!.gcd (!18) = 2n:h_n:2 < 19h_n_upper:19 < 5019!.gcd (!19) = 2n:h_n:2 < 20h_n_upper:20 < 5020!.gcd (!20) = 2n:h_n:2 < 21h_n_upper:21 < 5021!.gcd (!21) = 2n:h_n:2 < 22h_n_upper:22 < 5022!.gcd (!22) = 2n:h_n:2 < 23h_n_upper:23 < 5023!.gcd (!23) = 2n:h_n:2 < 24h_n_upper:24 < 5024!.gcd (!24) = 2n:h_n:2 < 25h_n_upper:25 < 5025!.gcd (!25) = 2n:h_n:2 < 26h_n_upper:26 < 5026!.gcd (!26) = 2n:h_n:2 < 27h_n_upper:27 < 5027!.gcd (!27) = 2n:h_n:2 < 28h_n_upper:28 < 5028!.gcd (!28) = 2n:h_n:2 < 29h_n_upper:29 < 5029!.gcd (!29) = 2n:h_n:2 < 30h_n_upper:30 < 5030!.gcd (!30) = 2n:h_n:2 < 31h_n_upper:31 < 5031!.gcd (!31) = 2n:h_n:2 < 32h_n_upper:32 < 5032!.gcd (!32) = 2n:h_n:2 < 33h_n_upper:33 < 5033!.gcd (!33) = 2n:h_n:2 < 34h_n_upper:34 < 5034!.gcd (!34) = 2n:h_n:2 < 35h_n_upper:35 < 5035!.gcd (!35) = 2n:h_n:2 < 36h_n_upper:36 < 5036!.gcd (!36) = 2n:h_n:2 < 37h_n_upper:37 < 5037!.gcd (!37) = 2n:h_n:2 < 38h_n_upper:38 < 5038!.gcd (!38) = 2n:h_n:2 < 39h_n_upper:39 < 5039!.gcd (!39) = 2n:h_n:2 < 40h_n_upper:40 < 5040!.gcd (!40) = 2n:h_n:2 < 41h_n_upper:41 < 5041!.gcd (!41) = 2n:h_n:2 < 42h_n_upper:42 < 5042!.gcd (!42) = 2n:h_n:2 < 43h_n_upper:43 < 5043!.gcd (!43) = 2n:h_n:2 < 44h_n_upper:44 < 5044!.gcd (!44) = 2n:h_n:2 < 45h_n_upper:45 < 5045!.gcd (!45) = 2n:h_n:2 < 46h_n_upper:46 < 5046!.gcd (!46) = 2n:h_n:2 < 47h_n_upper:47 < 5047!.gcd (!47) = 2n:h_n:2 < 48h_n_upper:48 < 5048!.gcd (!48) = 2n:h_n:2 < 49h_n_upper:49 < 5049!.gcd (!49) = 2 All goals completed! 🐙end Kurepa