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Erdős Problem #1189

partialconfidence 70%

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Precise statement

For irreducible covering sets of size $k$, determine their count, the possible largest modulus, the maximal reciprocal sum, and whether divisor-set examples occur infinitely often.

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What AI did

GPT-5.6 Star Fleet (Claude Fable 5 referee)

The source does not provide a sufficiently specific role description.

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

Verification boundary

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Lean-checked with one named literature input made explicit; community status pending.

Correctness: supported · statement fidelity: audited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. erdosproblems.com/1189

    exact largest modulus 3·2^{k-3} for k ≥ 5, near-linear least maximum, reciprocal mass Θ(log k), and an infinite divisor family; the counting asymptotic rests on the cited BBMST theorem

Known method families

argument (source-reported)

Source-reported tools: argument.

Independent: unknown · difference confidence: 0

What remains uncertain

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