# we-solve research prompt: Math-1386, Are there an infinite number of lucky primes?

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/are-there-an-infinite-number-of-lucky-primes/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3365; source catalogue code OPG-37192
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\section*{Are there an infinite number of lucky primes?}\label{3365}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3365 · OPG-37192 · Number Theory · OpenGarden}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Begin with the increasing sequence $L_1=(1,3,5,7,9,\ldots)$ obtained by deleting every second entry from the positive integers. For each integer $j\ge2$, let $\ell_j$ be the $j$th entry of the increasing sequence $L_{j-1}$. Form $L_j$ by deleting entries whose positions in $L_{j-1}$ are multiples of $\ell_j$, with positions counted from one and all deletions in that stage determined simultaneously. Also put $\ell_1=1$.

The lucky numbers are the positive integers surviving every stage, equivalently the increasing sequence $\ell_1,\ell_2,\ldots$. Its beginning is
\[
                         1,3,7,9,13,15,21,25,31,\ldots.
\]
After the initial deletion of even positions, the successive sieve step sizes are therefore $3,7,9,\ldots$, chosen from the surviving sequence itself. They are not the consecutive integers $3,4,5,\ldots$ and are not necessarily prime.

A lucky prime is a lucky number that is prime in the ordinary multiplicative sense: it is greater than one and has no positive divisors other than one and itself. The conjecture asks whether there are infinitely many lucky primes. Equivalently, for every positive integer $B$ there should exist a surviving number $\ell>B$ with this primality property.

Infinitely many lucky numbers alone do not establish the conjecture, since surviving the positional sieve is not a divisibility test. The source's prose mixes these sieve conventions; the recursive definition above fixes the standard lucky-number sequence intended by its title and discussion.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Are infinitely many numbers surviving the standard lucky-number positional sieve ordinary prime numbers?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3365 (OPG-37192), OpenGarden. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open Problem Garden, Are there an infinite number of lucky primes?. Original problem and discussion.
\url{http://www.openproblemgarden.org/op/are_there_an_infinite_number_of_lucky_primes}.
\item[S3] C. Sanna, Explicit inequalities for the nth lucky number (2026).
\url{https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07142}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/OPG-37192

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3365
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)