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Erdős Problem #981

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Property of a natural \(N\) to satisfy \(\sum_{n\leq N} \left(\frac{n}{p}\right)<\epsilon N\), where \(\left(\frac{n}{p}\right)\) is the Jacobi symbol. The theorem statement mentions Legendre symbol, however in formalization we use Jacobi symbol to avoid problem with passing the fact that \(p\) is prime. For prime \(p\) `jacobiSym n p = legendreSym p n`.

The smallest integer \(m\) such that \(\sum_{n\leq N} \left(\frac{n}{p}\right)<\epsilon N\) for all \(N\geq m\).

The smallest integer \(m\) such that \(\sum_{n\leq m} \left(\frac{n}{p}\right)<\epsilon m\)

Let \(\epsilon > 0\) and \(f_\epsilon(p)\) be the smallest integer \(m\) such that \(\sum_{n\leq N} \left(\frac{n}{p}\right)<\epsilon N\) for all \(N\geq m\). Prove that \[\sum_{p<x}f_\epsilon(p)\sim c_\epsilon \frac{x}{\log x}\] for some \(c_\epsilon > 0\). Proved by Elliott [El69].
Statement as formalized in Formal Conjectures (Google DeepMind, Apache-2.0) · their label: research solved · 1 further variant / known partial result in the Lean file. The authoritative wording is on erdosproblems.com/981.
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Topicsnumber theory
Statement in LeanFormal Conjectures
Solution in Leanno
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