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5 declarations, 1 contain sorry, 0 declared as axioms
Erdős Problem 206
References:
- erdosproblems.com/206
- [ErGr80] Erdős, P. and Graham, R., Old and new problems and results in combinatorial number theory. Monographies de L'Enseignement Mathématique (1980).
- [Cu22] Curtiss, D. R., On Kellogg's Diophantine Problem. Amer. Math. Monthly (1922), 380-387.
- [Er50b] Erdős, Pál, On a Diophantine equation. Mat. Lapok (1950), 192-210.
- [Na23] Nathanson, M., Underapproximation by Egyptian fractions. J. Number Theory (2023), 208-234.
- [Ch23b] Chu, H. V., A threshold for the best two-term underapproximation by Egyptian fractions. arXiv:2306.12564 (2023).
- [Ko24b] Kovač, V., On eventually greedy best underapproximations by Egyptian fractions. arXiv:2406.07218 (2024).
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- def
Erdos206.egyptianSumThe Egyptian fraction sum:∑_{m ∈ S} 1/mfor a finset of natural numbers line 59 sourceSource documentation
The Egyptian fraction sum:
∑_{m ∈ S} 1/mfor a finset of natural numbers.standard axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext what this means
Statement uses:
Finset,Nat,RealProof uses:
Finset.sum,HDiv.hDiv,OfNat.ofNat8 instances, coercions and auxiliary constants left out.
noncomputable def egyptianSum (S : Finset ℕ) : ℝ := …
- def
Erdos206.IsUnderapproxSis an Egyptian underapproximation ofx: valid denominators (all positive) and sum < x line 63 sourceSource documentation
Sis an Egyptian underapproximation ofx: valid denominators (all positive) and sum < x.standard axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext what this means
Statement uses:
Finset,Nat,RealProof uses:
And,Membership.mem,LT.lt,OfNat.ofNat, Erdos206.egyptianSum5 instances, coercions and auxiliary constants left out.
def IsUnderapprox (S : Finset ℕ) (x : ℝ) : Prop := …
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Erdos206.IsBestNTermSachieves the bestn-term Egyptian underapproximation ofx, i.e.egyptianSum Srealises $R_n(x)$ line 68 sourceSource documentation
Sachieves the bestn-term Egyptian underapproximation ofx, i.e.egyptianSum Srealises $R_n(x)$.standard axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext what this means
Statement uses:
Finset,Nat,RealProof uses:
And,Eq,Finset.card, Erdos206.IsUnderapprox,LE.le, Erdos206.egyptianSum1 instances, coercions and auxiliary constants left out.
def IsBestNTerm (S : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) (x : ℝ) : Prop := …
- def
Erdos206.EventuallyGreedyDocumented declaration: EventuallyGreedy line 76 sourceSource documentation
xhas eventually greedy best Egyptian underapproximations: from somen₀on, the bestn-term underapproximations ofxare the prefixes of a single strictly increasing sequence of denominators, so each is obtained from the previous by appending the minimal admissible denominator.standard axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext what this means
Statement uses:
RealProof uses:
And,GT.gt,OfNat.ofNat,Exists,Nat,StrictMono,LT.lt,GE.ge, Erdos206.IsBestNTerm,Finset.image,Finset.range8 instances, coercions and auxiliary constants left out.
def EventuallyGreedy (x : ℝ) : Prop := …
- theorem
Erdos206.erdos_206Let $x>0$ be a real number sorry line 97 sourceSource documentation
Let $x>0$ be a real number. For any $n\geq 1$ let $$R_n(x) = \sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{m_i}<x$$ be the maximal sum of $n$ distinct unit fractions which is $<x$.
Is it true that, for almost all $x$, for sufficiently large $n$, we have $$R_{n+1}(x)=R_n(x)+\frac{1}{m},$$ where $m$ is minimal such that $m$ does not appear in $R_n(x)$ and the right-hand side is $<x$? (That is, are the best underapproximations eventually always constructed in a 'greedy' fashion?)
Kovač [Ko24b] has proved that this is false - in fact as false as possible: the set of $x\in (0,\infty)$ for which the best underapproximations are eventually 'greedy' has Lebesgue measure zero.
depends on sorry what this means
Statement uses:
Iff,False,Filter.Eventually,Real, Erdos206.EventuallyGreedy,MeasureTheory.ae,MeasureTheory.Measure,MeasureTheory.Measure.restrict,MeasureTheory.MeasureSpace.volume,Set.Ioi,OfNat.ofNatProof uses:
sorryAx,Lean.Name,Bool.false,Lean.Name.num,Lean.Name.str,Lean.Name.anonymous,Nat15 instances, coercions and auxiliary constants left out.
Tactic trace: 1 steps
Open to load the checked before-and-after goal states.
theorem erdos_206 : answer(False) ↔ ∀ᵐ x ∂(volume.restrict (Set.Ioi (0 : ℝ))), EventuallyGreedy x := by …Mentions: Erdos206.EventuallyGreedy