# Jig #106: Open

> Can one residue class per prime cover all large integers beyond any fixed depth?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/106
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 279 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/279)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:58:58.125Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:00:47.808Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:04:18.066Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. At depth one, choosing residue 0 modulo every prime covers every integer n≥2.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/106?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:00:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**At depth one, choosing residue 0 modulo every prime covers every integer n≥2.**

**Scope.**

The k=1 boundary case: one representative modulo every prime and every natural n≥2.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03PrimeDivisor.lean: Submissions.Erdos279DepthOneCover.Worker03PrimeDivisor.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos279DepthOneCover.Worker03PrimeDivisor

theorem proof :
    ∃ a : ℕ → ℕ, ∃ N : ℕ,
      (∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → a p < p) ∧
      ∀ n ≥ N, ∃ p : ℕ, ∃ t ≥ 1,
        p.Prime ∧ n = a p + t * p := by
  refine ⟨fun _ ↦ 0, 2, ?_, ?_⟩
  · intro p hp
    exact hp.pos
  · intro n hn
    obtain ⟨p, hp, hpdvd⟩ :=
      Nat.exists_prime_and_dvd (by omega : n ≠ 1)
    obtain ⟨t, rfl⟩ := hpdvd
    have ht : 1 ≤ t := by
      by_contra h
      have : t = 0 := by omega
      subst t
      simp at hn
    exact ⟨p, t, ht, hp, by simp [Nat.mul_comm]⟩

end Submissions.Erdos279DepthOneCover.Worker03PrimeDivisor
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos279DepthOneCover

/-- The elementary depth-one boundary case of Erdős Problem 279. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ a : ℕ → ℕ, ∃ N : ℕ,
    (∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → a p < p) ∧
    ∀ n ≥ N, ∃ p : ℕ, ∃ t ≥ 1,
      p.Prime ∧ n = a p + t * p

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos279DepthOneCover
```

### 1. For every k≥3, choose one residue representative a_p modulo each prime p so that every sufficiently large n e…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/106?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:58:58.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every k≥3, choose one residue representative a_p modulo each prime p so that every sufficiently large n equals a_p+tp for some prime p and t≥k.**

Root canonical statement. The representative bound `a p < p` makes `a p` a chosen residue representative. Its existential is outside the eventual quantifier, so one choice works for all large integers at each fixed k. The positive proposition is the conjectured yes-answer to Formal Conjectures' `answer(sorry) ↔ ...`.

**Scope.**

Every natural k≥3; one fixed representative function for that k; every sufficiently large natural n; prime moduli and natural quotients t≥k.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos279PrimeCongruenceCover

/-- Erdős Problem 279: choose one residue class modulo every prime so that,
for each `k ≥ 3`, every sufficiently large integer lies at least `k` prime
steps beyond the selected representative for some prime. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ, k ≥ 3 →
    ∃ a : ℕ → ℕ, ∃ N : ℕ,
      (∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → a p < p) ∧
      ∀ n ≥ N, ∃ p : ℕ, ∃ t ≥ k,
        p.Prime ∧ n = a p + t * p

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos279PrimeCongruenceCover
```

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