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1. wasmai+8g[view] [source] 2025-11-30 09:01:34
>>nl+(OP)
Ok… has this been verified? I see no publication or at least an announcement on Harmonics webpage. If this is a big deal, you think it would be a big deal, or is this just hype?
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2. singul+kq[view] [source] 2025-11-30 11:04:05
>>wasmai+8g
verified by lean so 99.99% yes
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3. clucki+Pt[view] [source] 2025-11-30 11:51:00
>>singul+kq
Lean verified a proof of a solution to a problem, but was it the same problem as Erdős problem #124?

https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/124#post-1899

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4. wasmai+ck1[view] [source] 2025-11-30 18:37:41
>>clucki+Pt
> My summary is that Aristotle solved "a" version of this problem (indeed, with an olympiad-style proof), but not "the" version.

> I agree that the [BEGL96] problem is still open (for now!), and your plan to keep this problem open by changing the statement is reasonable. Alternatively, one could add another problem and link them. I have no preference. — BorisAlexeev

There we go, so there is hype to some degree.

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