Erdős's stronger least-common-multiple non-monotonicity conjecture

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Let C≥1C\geq 1 be an arbitrary constant, and let kk be a positive integer. For integers xx and yy, consider the least common multiples of the consecutive integer sets

lcm⁡{x,x+1,…,x+k−1}\operatorname{lcm}\{x,x+1,\ldots,x+k-1\}

and

lcm⁡{y,y+1,…,y+k+C−1}.\operatorname{lcm}\{y,y+1,\ldots,y+k+C-1\}.

Erdős's stronger conjecture. There exist integers kk and 0<x<y0<x<y with y>x+ky>x+k such that

lcm⁡{x,x+1,…,x+k−1}>lcm⁡{y,y+1,…,y+k+C−1}.\operatorname{lcm}\{x,x+1,\ldots,x+k-1\}>\operatorname{lcm}\{y,y+1,\ldots,y+k+C-1\}.

The conjecture strengthens the proved result by requiring the comparison to hold for an arbitrary fixed CC while asserting the existence of a suitable kk, rather than allowing an arbitrary multiplicative factor on the right-hand side. The supplied source does not establish this stronger form; the stated reduction is proved, but the conjecture itself remains unresolved in the provided text.

References

Primary source

Stijn Cambie, “Resolution of an Erdős' problem on least common multiples”, arXiv:2410.09138 (2024).

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