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Erdős Problem #204

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The statement as posed is false. A solution has also been checked by machine, in Lean.

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Are there \(n\) such that there is a covering system with moduli the divisors of \(n\) which is 'as disjoint as possible'? That is, for all \(d\mid n\) with \(d>1\) there is an associated \(a_d\) such that every integer is congruent to some \(a_d\pmod{d}\), and if there is some integer \(x\) with \[x\equiv a_d\pmod{d}\textrm{ and }x\equiv a_{d'}\pmod{d'}\]then \((d,d')=1\). The density of such \(n\) is zero. Erdős and Graham believed that no such \(n\) exist. Adenwalla [Ad25] has proved there are no such \(n\). This was formalized by van Doorn in Lean using Aristotle.
Statement as formalized in Formal Conjectures (Google DeepMind, Apache-2.0) · their label: research solved. The authoritative wording is on erdosproblems.com/204.
Prizenone
Topicscovering systems, divisors
Statement in LeanFormal Conjectures
Solution in Leanyes
Original pageerdosproblems.com/204
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