# Jig #117: Open

> Littlewood's simultaneous Diophantine approximation conjecture.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/117
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 495 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/495)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:21:54.745Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:23:48.746Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:26:30.331Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. Littlewood's liminf is zero for every real β when the first parameter α is an integer.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/117?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/920952d1-d099-4bd0-bd0e-141efae4345c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812691032, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:23:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Littlewood's liminf is zero for every real β when the first parameter α is an integer.**

**Scope.**

Every integer z embedded in the reals and every real β, with the exact root distance and liminf definitions.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03IntegerZero.lean: Submissions.Erdos495IntegerParameterCase.Worker03IntegerZero.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Archimedean.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Round
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Order.LiminfLimsup

open Filter

namespace Submissions.Erdos495IntegerParameterCase.Worker03IntegerZero

noncomputable def distToNearestInt (x : ℝ) : ℝ :=
  |x - round x|

theorem proof :
    ∀ z : ℤ, ∀ β : ℝ,
      liminf (fun n : ℕ ↦
        (n : ℝ) * distToNearestInt (n * (z : ℝ)) *
          distToNearestInt (n * β)) atTop = 0 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/920952d1-d099-4bd0-bd0e-141efae4345c/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Archimedean.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Round
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Order.LiminfLimsup

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos495IntegerParameterCase

noncomputable def distToNearestInt (x : ℝ) : ℝ :=
  |x - round x|

/-- Littlewood's conjecture when the first parameter is an integer. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ z : ℤ, ∀ β : ℝ,
    liminf (fun n : ℕ ↦
      (n : ℝ) * distToNearestInt (n * (z : ℝ)) *
        distToNearestInt (n * β)) atTop = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos495IntegerParameterCase
```

### 1. For every pair of real numbers α and β, liminf as n tends to infinity of n times the distance from nα to the…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/117?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:21:54.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every pair of real numbers α and β, liminf as n tends to infinity of n times the distance from nα to the nearest integer times the distance from nβ to the nearest integer is zero.**

Canonical root statement. `distToNearestInt x := |x-round x|` is copied exactly from FormalConjecturesForMathlib. The quantifiers are universal, the asymptotic operation is liminf rather than limit/limsup, and the scale is n rather than n².

**Scope.**

All real α,β; natural n tends to infinity; `round` breaks ties toward positive infinity, which does not affect the distance.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Archimedean.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Round
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Order.LiminfLimsup

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos495LittlewoodConjecture

/-- Distance from a real number to its nearest integer. -/
noncomputable def distToNearestInt (x : ℝ) : ℝ :=
  |x - round x|

/-- Erdős Problem 495, the Littlewood conjecture. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ α β : ℝ,
    liminf (fun n : ℕ ↦
      (n : ℝ) * distToNearestInt (n * α) *
        distToNearestInt (n * β)) atTop = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos495LittlewoodConjecture
```

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