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Erdős Problem 385 #

Reference: erdosproblems.com/385

noncomputable def Erdos385.F (n : ) :

Let $F(n) := \max{m + p(m) \mid \textrm{$m < n$ composite}}}$ where $p(m)$ is the least prime divisor of $m$.

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    theorem Erdos385.trivial_ub (n : ) :
    (F n) n + n

    Note that trivially $F(n) \leq n + \sqrt{n}$.

    Let $F(n) := \max{m + p(m) \mid \textrm{$m < n$ composite}}}$ where $p(m)$ is the least prime divisor of $m$. Is it true that $F(n)>n$ for all sufficiently large $n$?

    Let $F(n) := \max{m + p(m) \mid \textrm{$m < n$ composite}}}$ where $p(m)$ is the least prime divisor of $m$. Does $F(n) - n \to \infty$ as $n\to\infty$?

    theorem Erdos385.erdos_385.variants.lb :
    sorry ∃ (e : ) (_ : e =o[Filter.atTop] 1), ∀ (n : ), n + (1 - e n) * n (F n)

    A question of Erdős, Eggleton, and Selfridge, who write that in fact it is possible that this quantity is always at least $n+(1-o(1))\sqrt{n}$