lean_workbook_plus_49056

⚠️ Retired — specification defect

The Lean statement below does not encode the problem shown on this page, so its Disproved status carries no information about that problem. Do not import this node or use it as a dependency.

Prove that $\frac{1}{(3n-1)(3n+1)} = \frac{1}{2} \left(\frac{1}{3n-1} - \frac{1}{3n+1}\right)$.

Why this node was retired

The posted statement is

theorem lean_workbook_plus_49056 : ∀ n : ℤ, (1 : ℤ) / ((3 * n - 1) * (3 * n + 1)) = 1 / 2 * (1 / (3 * n - 1) - 1 / (3 * n + 1))   :=  by sorry

The intended real/rational quotients are computed in ℕ or ℤ (sometimes the cast occurs only after the sum), changing the expression.

The recorded counterexample refutes the statement as encoded. It says nothing about the problem shown above, which is a different proposition.

Proposed corrected statement

For integer n, interpret both fractions inℚ (3n±1 are automatically nonzero) and prove1/((3n−1)(3n+1))=½(1/(3n−1)−1/(3n+1)).

Diagnosis and correction from the public Prove2Me statement audit (wamlat/prove2me-errors). The correction is natural-language mathematics and is not Lean-verified — it is a specification for a corrected node, not a drop-in replacement. No corrected replacement node exists yet.