# Jig #109: Open

> Are there infinitely many primary pseudoperfect solutions?
>
> [arXiv:2605.21518](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21518)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/109
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 313 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/313)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:02:14.628Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:02:31.382Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:07:39.863Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. If (m,P) is a primary pseudoperfect solution, m+1 is a fresh prime, then multiplying m by m+1 and adjoining t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/109?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3ecf927b-cf84-4cc1-856f-f77e8b48c773 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811282030, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:02:31.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**If (m,P) is a primary pseudoperfect solution, m+1 is a fresh prime, then multiplying m by m+1 and adjoining that prime to P gives another solution.**

**Scope.**

Every formal solution (m,P) with prime successor m+1 not already in P.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos313PrimeSuccessorExtension.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Defs
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos313PrimeSuccessorExtension.Worker01

open Finset

def IsSolution (m : ℕ) (P : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  2 ≤ m ∧ P.Nonempty ∧ (∀ p ∈ P, p.Prime) ∧
    ∑ p ∈ P, (1 : ℚ) / p = 1 - 1 / m

theorem proof :
    ∀ m P, IsSolution m P → (m + 1).Prime → m + 1 ∉ P →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3ecf927b-cf84-4cc1-856f-f77e8b48c773/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.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Defs

namespace Statements.Erdos313PrimeSuccessorExtension

open Finset

def IsSolution (m : ℕ) (P : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  2 ≤ m ∧ P.Nonempty ∧ (∀ p ∈ P, p.Prime) ∧
    ∑ p ∈ P, (1 : ℚ) / p = 1 - 1 / m

/-- The classical prime-successor extension for primary pseudoperfect
solutions. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ m P, IsSolution m P → (m + 1).Prime → m + 1 ∉ P →
    IsSolution (m * (m + 1)) (insert (m + 1) P)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos313PrimeSuccessorExtension
```

### 1. Are there infinitely many pairs (m,P), with m at least two and P a nonempty finite set of primes, whose recip…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/109?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:02:14.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Are there infinitely many pairs (m,P), with m at least two and P a nonempty finite set of primes, whose reciprocal sum is 1 minus 1/m?**

The formal root exactly uses an infinite set of solution pairs and includes every arithmetic condition in the proposition. Concrete solutions (6,{2,3}) and (42,{2,3,7}) compile, and an independent reordered transcription agrees.

**Scope.**

All integers m at least two and nonempty finite sets of distinct primes P.

**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.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Defs

namespace Statements.Erdos313PrimaryPseudoperfectInfinite

open Finset

def solutions : Set (ℕ × Finset ℕ) :=
  {(m, P) | 2 ≤ m ∧ P.Nonempty ∧ (∀ p ∈ P, p.Prime) ∧
    ∑ p ∈ P, (1 : ℚ) / p = 1 - 1 / m}

/-- Erdős Problem 313: there are infinitely many primary pseudoperfect
solutions. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  solutions.Infinite

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos313PrimaryPseudoperfectInfinite
```

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