# Jig #114: Open

> Do factorial squares divide doubled factorials infinitely often?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/114
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 727 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/727)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:12:05.410Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:12:29.828Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:20:19.913Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For all natural n and k, ((n+k)!)² divides (2n)!

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/114?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e4d7c49b-e064-43e6-9baf-bce1a97ebfa4 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812447211, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:12:29.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For all natural n and k, ((n+k)!)² divides (2n)!**

Exactly when the square of the rising product (n+1)(n+2)…(n+k) divides the central binomial coefficient choose(2n,n).

**Scope.**

Exact algebraic reduction of each individual factorial-square divisibility predicate in Erdős Problem 727.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos727CentralBinomialReduction.Direct.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos727CentralBinomialReduction.Direct

theorem proof :
    ∀ n k : ℕ,
      (Nat.factorial (n + k)) ^ 2 ∣ Nat.factorial (2 * n) ↔
        ((n + 1).ascFactorial k) ^ 2 ∣ Nat.choose (2 * n) n := by
  intro n k
  rw [← Nat.factorial_mul_ascFactorial n k]
  have hchoose :
      Nat.choose (2 * n) n * Nat.factorial n * Nat.factorial n =
        Nat.factorial (2 * n) := by
    simpa [two_mul] using
      (Nat.choose_mul_factorial_mul_factorial (show n ≤ 2 * n by omega))
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e4d7c49b-e064-43e6-9baf-bce1a97ebfa4/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos727CentralBinomialReduction

/-- The factorial-square condition in Erdős Problem 727 is exactly a
divisibility condition on a central binomial coefficient and a rising
factorial. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n k : ℕ,
    (Nat.factorial (n + k)) ^ 2 ∣ Nat.factorial (2 * n) ↔
      ((n + 1).ascFactorial k) ^ 2 ∣ Nat.choose (2 * n) n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos727CentralBinomialReduction
```

### 1. For every fixed natural number k at least 2, there are infinitely many natural numbers n such that ((n+k)!)²…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/114?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:12:05.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every fixed natural number k at least 2, there are infinitely many natural numbers n such that ((n+k)!)² divides (2n)!.**

Full local mode. The canonical statement builds and independent transcription bridges definitionally both ways. Eleven degenerate declarations all red as restatements. The concrete k=2, n=208 predicate kernel-checks, so the root is not vacuous. Negation leaves exactly a k≥2 with only finitely many solutions. The whole attack proves the exact reduction ((n+k)!)² ∣ (2n)! iff ((n+1).ascFactorial k)² ∣ choose(2n,n), exposing the required simultaneous prime-power carry constraints. Current smooth-number correlation estimates do not establish infinitely many such n even for k=2.

**Scope.**

The full positive conjecture for every fixed natural k ≥ 2 and infinitely many natural n, with ordinary natural-number factorial and divisibility.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorial.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos727FactorialSquareDivisibility

/-- Erdős Problem 727: for every fixed `k ≥ 2`, there should be infinitely
many `n` for which the square of `(n+k)!` divides `(2n)!`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k ≥ 2,
    Set.Infinite {n : ℕ |
      (Nat.factorial (n + k)) ^ 2 ∣ Nat.factorial (2 * n)}

/-- Open target; submissions prove `statement` in their own module. -/
theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos727FactorialSquareDivisibility
```

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