diff --git a/LeanEval/NumberTheory/Sylvester.lean b/LeanEval/NumberTheory/Sylvester.lean new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6b4ba3b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/LeanEval/NumberTheory/Sylvester.lean @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +import Mathlib +import EvalTools.Markers + +/-! +# Sylvester's conjecture + +Every prime number congruent to 4, 7 or 8 modulo 9 is the sum of two rational cubes. +In fact squares of such primes are also the sum of two rational cubes. +The proof uses Heegner points and Rankin–Selberg L-functions. + +## References + +* Hongbo Yin. A proof of the 4,7 cases of Sylvester’s conjecture on cube sums. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25917 +* Ashay Burungale, Ye Tian. A proof of Sylvester's conjecture. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14893 +* http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09806 is an earlier but problematic claim, see https://x.com/samit_dasgupta/status/2100283036088606910. +-/ + +namespace LeanEval.NumberTheory + +@[eval_problem] +theorem sylvester (p : ℕ) (h : p.Prime) (h' : p % 9 ∈ ({4, 7, 8} : Set ℕ)) : + (∃ a b : ℚ, p = a ^ 3 + b ^ 3) ∧ (∃ a b : ℚ, p ^ 2 = a ^ 3 + b ^ 3) := by + sorry + +end LeanEval.NumberTheory diff --git a/manifests/problems/sylvester.toml b/manifests/problems/sylvester.toml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..702f2de3 --- /dev/null +++ b/manifests/problems/sylvester.toml @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +id = "sylvester" +title = "Sylvester's conjecture" +group = "formalization-evaluation" +status = "active" +visible = true +statement_revision = 1 +tags = [] +module = "LeanEval.NumberTheory.Sylvester" +holes = ["sylvester"] +submitter = "Junyan Xu" + +[[status_history]] +status = "active" +effective_date = "2026-09-23" +reason = "policy"