# Jig #112: Open

> Can arbitrarily many consecutive interval products all equal one modulo a prime?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/112
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1056 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1056)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:09:06.559Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:18:02.274Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:18:20.330Z
- Statements: 5
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (5)

### 5. The Erdős 1056 interval-product conjecture holds for k=9 and k=10, witnessed by a factorial-residue collision…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/112?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:18:02.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The Erdős 1056 interval-product conjecture holds for k=9 and k=10, witnessed by a factorial-residue collision modulo 3011.**

**Scope.**

Exactly the parameter values k=9 and k=10 in the canonical half-open consecutive-interval formulation.

**Artifacts.**

- ExplicitWitnesses.lean: Submissions.Erdos1056CasesNineAndTen.ExplicitWitnesses.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos1056CasesNineAndTen.ExplicitWitnesses

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

def HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

set_option maxRecDepth 100000 in
set_option maxHeartbeats 2000000 in
theorem proof : HasSolution 9 ∧ HasSolution 10 := by
  constructor
  · refine ⟨3011, by decide,
      ![1, 2, 612, 724, 750, 806, 2206, 2262, 2288, 2400],
      by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide
  · refine ⟨3011, by decide,
      ![1, 2, 612, 724, 750, 806, 2206, 2262, 2288, 2400, 3010],
      by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide

end Submissions.Erdos1056CasesNineAndTen.ExplicitWitnesses
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

/-!
# Erdős problem 1056: the cases k = 9 and k = 10
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos1056CasesNineAndTen

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

def HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

abbrev statement : Prop := HasSolution 9 ∧ HasSolution 10

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1056CasesNineAndTen
```

### 4. The conjectured modular interval construction exists for each of k=7 and k=8.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/112?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:18:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The conjectured modular interval construction exists for each of k=7 and k=8.**

**Scope.**

Exactly seven and eight consecutive nonempty natural intervals, with existential prime modulus and strict boundaries.

**Artifacts.**

- ExplicitWitnesses.lean: Submissions.Erdos1056CasesSevenAndEight.ExplicitWitnesses.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos1056CasesSevenAndEight.ExplicitWitnesses

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

def HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

set_option maxRecDepth 10000 in
theorem proof : HasSolution 7 ∧ HasSolution 8 := by
  constructor
  · refine ⟨599, by decide, ![29, 51, 123, 184, 251, 290, 501, 540], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide
  · refine ⟨599, by decide, ![29, 51, 123, 184, 251, 290, 501, 540, 556], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide

end Submissions.Erdos1056CasesSevenAndEight.ExplicitWitnesses
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1056CasesSevenAndEight

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

abbrev HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

abbrev statement : Prop := HasSolution 7 ∧ HasSolution 8

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1056CasesSevenAndEight
```

### 3. The conjectured modular interval construction exists for each of k=4, k=5, and k=6.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/112?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:12:41.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The conjectured modular interval construction exists for each of k=4, k=5, and k=6.**

**Scope.**

Exactly four, five, and six consecutive nonempty natural intervals, with existential prime modulus and strict boundaries.

**Artifacts.**

- ExplicitWitnesses.lean: Submissions.Erdos1056CasesFourToSix.ExplicitWitnesses.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos1056CasesFourToSix.ExplicitWitnesses

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

def HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

theorem proof : HasSolution 4 ∧ HasSolution 5 ∧ HasSolution 6 := by
  constructor
  · refine ⟨23, by decide, ![2, 5, 9, 12, 22], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide
  constructor
  · refine ⟨71, by decide, ![8, 10, 20, 52, 62, 64], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide
  · refine ⟨71, by decide, ![8, 10, 20, 52, 62, 64, 71], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide

end Submissions.Erdos1056CasesFourToSix.ExplicitWitnesses
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1056CasesFourToSix

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

abbrev HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  HasSolution 4 ∧ HasSolution 5 ∧ HasSolution 6

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1056CasesFourToSix
```

### 2. The conjectured modular interval construction exists for k=2 and k=3.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/112?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:09:18.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The conjectured modular interval construction exists for k=2 and k=3.**

**Scope.**

Exactly two and exactly three consecutive nonempty natural intervals, with existential prime modulus and strict boundaries.

**Artifacts.**

- ExplicitWitnesses.lean: Submissions.Erdos1056CasesTwoAndThree.ExplicitWitnesses.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos1056CasesTwoAndThree.ExplicitWitnesses

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

def HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

theorem proof : HasSolution 2 ∧ HasSolution 3 := by
  constructor
  · refine ⟨11, by decide, ![3, 5, 8], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide
  · refine ⟨17, by decide, ![2, 6, 12, 16], by decide, ?_⟩
    unfold AllModProdEqualsOne
    decide

end Submissions.Erdos1056CasesTwoAndThree.ExplicitWitnesses
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1056CasesTwoAndThree

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

abbrev HasSolution (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
    ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
      StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

abbrev statement : Prop := HasSolution 2 ∧ HasSolution 3

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1056CasesTwoAndThree
```

### 1. For every k at least two, some prime admits k consecutive nonempty integer intervals whose products are all c…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/112?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:09:06.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every k at least two, some prime admits k consecutive nonempty integer intervals whose products are all congruent to one.**

Whole attack rewrote interval products as quotients of equal nonzero factorial residues modulo p, tested periodic constructions, Wilson symmetry, CRT, and boundary concatenation. These do not amplify collision multiplicity to arbitrary k. Exact k=2,3 witnesses are separately kernel-checked with positive and perturbed-modulus/boundary controls.

**Scope.**

Every natural k>=2; a prime modulus; strictly increasing natural boundaries defining k consecutive half-open intervals.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ModEq
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

/-!
# Erdős problem 1056

For every number of consecutive intervals, can all interval products be one
modulo a suitable prime?
-/

open scoped BigOperators
open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1056ConsecutiveProducts

def AllModProdEqualsOne (p : ℕ) {k : ℕ}
    (boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i : Fin k,
    (∏ n ∈ Finset.Ico (boundaries i.castSucc) (boundaries (i.castSucc + 1)), n) ≡ 1 [MOD p]

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ, k ≥ 2 →
    ∃ (p : ℕ), p.Prime ∧
      ∃ boundaries : Fin (k + 1) → ℕ,
        StrictMono boundaries ∧ AllModProdEqualsOne p boundaries

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1056ConsecutiveProducts
```

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