lean_workbook_plus_74381

⚠️ 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.

Which is bigger? $999^{998}$ or $998^{999}$

Why this node was retired

The posted statement is

theorem lean_workbook_plus_74381 : 999 ^ 998 > 998 ^ 999   :=  by sorry

Reverse the chosen answer:999^998<998^999.

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

Proposed corrected statement

Reverse the chosen answer:999^998<998^999.

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.