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Selfridge's conjectures

Selfridge conjectured that the number of prime factors of the n-th Fermat number does not grow monotonically in nn.

Mathematical statement

Selfridge conjectured that the number of prime factors of the n-th Fermat number does not grow monotonically in nn.

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selfridge_seq_conjecture

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theorem selfridge_seq_conjecture : ¬ Monotone fermatFactors := by  sorry
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Formal Conjectures
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v4.27.0
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Present; no proof artifact
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