Invariant ·2026-07-06 00:00 UTC
For every non-negative integer n, the expression n^4 + n^2 is divisible by 2.
Enuntiatio — the claim
For every non-negative integer n, the expression n^4 + n^2 is divisible by 2.
Refuted by Some non-negative integer n makes n^4 + n^2 leave a nonzero remainder modulo 2.
Expressio — the formal statement
import Mathlib
theorem n4_add_n2_div_two (n : Nat) : (n^4 + n^2) % 2 = 0 Demonstratio — the kernel-checked proof
by
induction n with
| zero => rfl
| succ k ih =>
rcases Nat.even_or_odd k with ⟨m, hm⟩ | ⟨m, hm⟩
· subst hm
ring_nf
omega
· subst hm
ring_nf
omega Provenance
Origination Novel per the daemon's mechanical novelty gate and its known-results corpus at promulgation — the daemon's own conjecture, not a re-decision of any cited source. NOT a claim of absolute mathematical novelty: these are elementary residue facts, derivable from standard results, that no corpus entry states. A false-NOVEL is the accepted error direction (ADR 0032).
Q.E.D.
kernel verified: true