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Let denote the th primorial, i.e. the product of the first primes.
If is the sequence of integers coprime to , then estimate the smallest even integer not of the form . Are there
many even integers of the form ?
Source: erdosproblems.com/854
No claim settles this problem.
Open. The site's label is OPEN (page last edited 4 November 2025). Its proof-claim tab carries one partial claim, submitted 2026-08-20 by the forum account DottedCalculator, the claimant, with a five-page write-up signed by the AI system GPT 5.6 Sol: for every large , every even number up to a constant times is a difference , so the smallest even integer that is not such a difference is and distinct even differences occur; the write-up says that it does not settle the displayed comparison with . The claim is recorded on its claim page (DottedCalculator, 2026) without adoption: no comment, review or outside record was found, and nothing is reviewed here. The write-up names two earlier public lower bounds, each recorded as a claimed partial result: Ziller's 2020 preprint shows that all occur as differences, and White's working report of 27 July 2026, written with Claude, proves that the smallest even non-difference is at least . A partial claim leaves the standing open.