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Erdős Problem #1061

candidateconfidence 50%

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Precise statement

For $S(x) = \#\{(a,b) : a + b \le x,\ \sigma(a) + \sigma(b) = \sigma(a+b)\}$, is $S(x) \sim cx$? The preprint claims $S(x)$ grows faster than $x (\log x)^R$ for every fixed $R$, ruling out the linear asymptotic.

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What AI did

ChatGPT

The source does not provide a sufficiently specific role description.

Provider: OpenAI · Prompt public: unknown · Independence: unknown

Verification boundary

unreviewed

Public self-contained preprint; independent expert review pending and the official record still open.

Correctness: unknown · statement fidelity: unaudited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. erdosproblems.com/1061

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Known method families

construction (source-reported)

Source-reported tools: construction.

Independent: unknown · difference confidence: 0

What remains uncertain

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  • VibeMath has not independently verified the mathematical claim.
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  • VibeMath has not independently audited the mathematical statement, proof, or novelty claim.