Problem packetWorkR1244
[#R1244] Current status and unresolved remainder
claim. OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 50 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 50: Let $\varphi$ denote Euler's totient function. A function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is called the asymptotic distribution function of $\varphi(n)/n$ if for every $c \in [0, 1]$, the set $\{n \in \mathbb{N} : \varphi(n) < cn\}$ has a natural density, and this density equals $f(c)$. Determine whether the following holds: for every function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that is the asymptotic distribution function of $\varphi(n)/n$, there do not exist $x \in [0, 1]$ and $y > 0$ such that $f$ has derivative $y$ at $x$ within the interval $[0, 1]$.
1Summary
OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 50 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 50: Let $\varphi$ denote Euler's totient function. A function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is called the asymptotic distribution function of $\varphi(n)/n$ if for every $c \in [0, 1]$, the set $\{n \in \mathbb{N} : \varphi(n) < cn\}$ has a natural density, and this density equals $f(c)$. Determine whether the following holds: for every function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that is the asymptotic distribution function of $\varphi(n)/n$, there do not exist $x \in [0, 1]$ and $y > 0$ such that $f$ has derivative $y$ at $x$ within the interval $[0, 1]$.
Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.
2Evidence
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
Addressed by
- attempt
Recorded for
- problem
4Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
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"summary": "OPEN as of 2026-07-31. The maintained Erdős Problems database at commit 8138974387d9030542daabe67faaa33eff9356f8 lists Problem 50 as open. The unresolved remainder is the full displayed statement. Give a rigorous proof or counterexample that completely resolves this statement: Erdős Problem 50: Let $\\varphi$ denote Euler's totient function. A function $f : \\mathbb{R} \\to \\mathbb{R}$ is called the asymptotic distribution function of $\\varphi(n)/n$ if for every $c \\in [0, 1]$, the set $\\{n \\in \\mathbb{N} : \\varphi(n) < cn\\}$ has a natural density, and this density equals $f(c)$. Determine whether the following holds: for every function $f : \\mathbb{R} \\to \\mathbb{R}$ that is the asymptotic distribution function of $\\varphi(n)/n$, there do not exist $x \\in [0, 1]$ and $y > 0$ such that $f$ has derivative $y$ at $x$ within the interval $[0, 1]$.",
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}5Provenance
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- Project
- erdos-problem-50-source-review
- Locator
- See dataset.references[0] for the exact external source and locator.
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB maintainers
- Source
- www.erdosproblems.com ↗
- Public record
- R1244
- Stable alias
- erdos-problem-50-claim-status-20260731
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
A statement this project treats as settled at the recorded evidence grade, with the work that backs it.