# Jig #108: Open

> Are two irrationally related dyadic floor sequences additively complete?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/108
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 354 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/354)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:01:42.121Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:08:49.377Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:08:59.985Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. If one parameter equals 1, its dyadic floor stream is exactly the binary place-value sequence, so the interle…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/108?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e7011972-0743-47db-87b7-d88387ee1cce (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811700281, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:08:49.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If one parameter equals 1, its dyadic floor stream is exactly the binary place-value sequence, so the interleaved sequence is complete for every real second parameter.**

**Scope.**

All real β with first parameter α=1; every sufficiently large integer, in fact every nonnegative integer, is represented by distinct even-indexed terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos354UnitDyadicStreamComplete.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Colex
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.BitIndices
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Lattice
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Real.Irrational
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos354UnitDyadicStreamComplete.Direct

open Filter

noncomputable def floorMultiples (a γ : ℝ) (n : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  ⌊γ ^ n * a⌋
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e7011972-0743-47db-87b7-d88387ee1cce/source
```

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.BitIndices
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Lattice
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Real.Irrational
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos354UnitDyadicStreamComplete

open Filter

noncomputable def floorMultiples (a γ : ℝ) (n : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  ⌊γ ^ n * a⌋

noncomputable def interleave (a b γ : ℝ) (n : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  if n % 2 = 0 then floorMultiples a γ (n / 2)
  else floorMultiples b γ (n / 2)

def subseqSums (A : ℕ → ℤ) : Set ℤ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, n = ∑ i ∈ B, A i}

def IsAddComplete (A : ℕ → ℤ) : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ k in atTop, k ∈ subseqSums A

/-- When one parameter is `1`, its dyadic floor stream is the binary
place-value sequence, so the interleaving is complete for every second
parameter. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ β : ℝ, IsAddComplete (interleave 1 β 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos354UnitDyadicStreamComplete
```

### 1. For all positive real α and β with irrational ratio, are all sufficiently large integers finite sums of disti…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/108?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:01:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For all positive real α and β with irrational ratio, are all sufficiently large integers finite sums of distinct indexed terms from the two sequences floor(2^n α) and floor(2^n β)?**

The answer placeholder is resolved in the affirmative direction for part (i). Interleaving by index models the source multiset: each occurrence can be selected once even when floor values coincide. Eventual membership in integer subset sums is exactly representability of every sufficiently large natural number.

**Scope.**

All positive real α,β with irrational α/β; finite subsets of the two indexed dyadic floor sequences, preserving multiplicity across equal-valued indices.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Lattice
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Real.Irrational
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos354DyadicFloorCompleteness

open Filter

noncomputable def floorMultiples (a γ : ℝ) (n : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  ⌊γ ^ n * a⌋

noncomputable def interleave (a b γ : ℝ) (n : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  if n % 2 = 0 then floorMultiples a γ (n / 2)
  else floorMultiples b γ (n / 2)

def subseqSums (A : ℕ → ℤ) : Set ℤ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, n = ∑ i ∈ B, A i}

def IsAddComplete (A : ℕ → ℤ) : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ k in atTop, k ∈ subseqSums A

/-- Erdős problem 354(i): the interleaved dyadic floor sequences are
additively complete whenever the ratio of their positive parameters is
irrational. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ α β : ℝ, 0 < α → 0 < β → Irrational (α / β) →
    IsAddComplete (interleave α β 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos354DyadicFloorCompleteness
```

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