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Wolstenholme Prime

Wolstenholme Prime

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Problem statement

wolstenholme_prime_infinite

It is conjectured that there are infinitely many Wolstenholme primes.

Reference: Wikipedia

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import FormalConjecturesUtil

/-!
# Wolstenholme Prime

*Reference:* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolstenholme_prime)
-/


namespace WolstenholmePrime

/--
Wolstenholme's theorem states that any prime $p > 3$ satisfies $\binom{2p-1}{p-1} \equiv 1 (\pmod{p^3})$.

Formal proof linked here provided by AlphaProof.
*Reference:* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolstenholme%27s_theorem)
-/
@[category textbook, AMS 11, formal_proof using formal_conjectures at
"https://github.com/mo271/formal-conjectures/blob/d833ed31d82693f10bed7a4c9ac329545b556a03/FormalConjectures/Wikipedia/WolstenholmePrime.lean#L34"]
theorem wolstenholme_theorem (p : ℕ) (h : p > 3) (hp : Nat.Prime p) :
    (2 * p - 1).choose (p - 1) ≡ 1 [MOD p ^ 3] := by
  sorry


/--
A prime $p > 7$ is called a *Wolstenholme prime* if $\binom{2p-1}{p-1} \equiv 1 (\pmod{p^4})$.
-/
def IsWolstenholmePrime (p : ℕ) : Prop :=
  p > 7 ∧ p.Prime ∧ (2 * p - 1).choose (p - 1) ≡ 1 [MOD p ^ 4]

/--
Two known Wolstenholme primes: 16843 and 2124679.

Formal proof linked here provided by AlphaProof
-/
@[category test, AMS 11]
theorem wolstenholme_prime_16483 : IsWolstenholmePrime 16843 := by
  unfold IsWolstenholmePrime Nat.ModEq
  refine ⟨by norm_num, by norm_num, ?_⟩
  native_decide

@[category test, AMS 11]
theorem wolstenholme_prime_2124679 : IsWolstenholmePrime 2124679 := by
  unfold IsWolstenholmePrime Nat.ModEq
  refine ⟨by norm_num, by norm_num, ?_⟩
  native_decide

/--
Equivalently, a prime $p > 7$ is a Wolstenholme prime if it divides the numerator of the Bernoulli number $B_{p-3}$.
-/
@[category textbook, AMS 11]
theorem wolstenholme_bernoulli (p : ℕ) : IsWolstenholmePrime p ↔
    (p > 7) ∧ Nat.Prime p ∧ ↑p ∣ (bernoulli' (p - 3)).num := by
  sorry

/--
Another equivalent definition is that a prime $p > 7$ is a Wolstenholme prime
if it $p^3$ divides the numerator of the harmonic number $H_{p-1}$.
-/
@[category textbook, AMS 11]
theorem wolstenholme_harmonic (p : ℕ) : IsWolstenholmePrime p ↔
    (p > 7) ∧ Nat.Prime p ∧ ↑(p ^ 3) ∣ (harmonic (p - 1)).num := by
  sorry

/--
It is conjectured that there are infinitely many Wolstenholme primes.

*Reference:* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolstenholme_prime#Expected_number_of_Wolstenholme_primes)
-/
@[category research open, AMS 11]
theorem wolstenholme_prime_infinite :
    {p : ℕ | IsWolstenholmePrime p}.Infinite := by
  sorry

end WolstenholmePrime

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References
  1. [1]Formal Conjectures — Wolstenholme Prime link
  2. [2]Original reference cited in the formalization link

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