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R1212claimStatus: reportedEvidence: SupportedReplay: source only

[#R1212] Current status and unresolved remainder

claim. OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 15 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 15: Let \(p_n\) denote the \(n\)-th prime number, with \(p_1 = 2, p_2 = 3, p_3 = 5,\ldots\). Consider the infinite series \[\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^n \frac{n}{p_n}.\] Is this series convergent?

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1Summary

OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 15 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement.

A complete resolution must satisfy this condition: Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 15: Let \(p_n\) denote the \(n\)-th prime number, with \(p_1 = 2, p_2 = 3, p_3 = 5,\ldots\). Consider the infinite series \[\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^n \frac{n}{p_n}.\] Is this series convergent?

Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.

2Evidence

Replay package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: www.erdosproblems.com ↗, See dataset.references[0] for the exact external source and locator.

3How it connects

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4Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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  "title": "Current status and unresolved remainder",
  "summary": "OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 15 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 15: Let \\(p_n\\) denote the \\(n\\)-th prime number, with \\(p_1 = 2, p_2 = 3, p_3 = 5,\\ldots\\). Consider the infinite series \\[\\sum_{n=1}^{\\infty} (-1)^n \\frac{n}{p_n}.\\] Is this series convergent?",
  "relevance": "For erdos problem 15, pins the dated research frontier: OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 15 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 15: Let.",
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5Provenance

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erdos-problem-15-source-review
Locator
See dataset.references[0] for the exact external source and locator.
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB maintainers
Public record
R1212
Stable alias
erdos-problem-15-claim-status-20260731
Projection
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