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Erdős Problem #860

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There are distinct integers \(a_1,\ldots,a_{\pi(n)}\) in the open interval \((m,m+L)\) such that \(p_i \mid a_i\) for every \(1 \leq i \leq \pi(n)\), where \(p_i\) is the \(i\)th prime. Primes are indexed from \(0\) by `Nat.nth Nat.Prime`, so \(p_i\) is `Nat.nth Nat.Prime (i - 1)`.

\(h(n)\): the least \(L\) such that for every \(m \geq 1\) the open interval \((m,m+L)\) contains distinct integers \(a_1,\ldots,a_{\pi(n)}\) with \(p_i \mid a_i\), where \(p_i\) is the \(i\)th prime. The set of such \(L\) is nonempty: \(L = n\pi(n)+1\) works, since each \(p_i \leq n\) has at least \(\pi(n)\) multiples in \((m,m+L)\), so the \(a_i\) can be chosen one by one. So `sInf` is the true minimum. For \(n < 2\) there are no primes and \(h(n) = 0\).

Let \(h(n)\) be such that, for any \(m\geq 1\), in the interval \((m,m+h(n))\) there exist distinct integers \(a_i\) for \(1\leq i\leq \pi(n)\) such that \(p_i\mid a_i\), where \(p_i\) denotes the \(i\)th prime. Estimate \(h(n)\).
Statement as formalized in Formal Conjectures (Google DeepMind, Apache-2.0) · their label: research open · 3 further variants / known partial results in the Lean file. The authoritative wording is on erdosproblems.com/860.
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Topicsnumber theory, primes
Statement in LeanFormal Conjectures
Solution in Leanno
OEISA048670, A058989
Original pageerdosproblems.com/860
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