# Jig #118: Open

> Are all sub-golden geometric floor sequences complete?
>
> [arXiv:2602.23394](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23394)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/118
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 349 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/349)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:22:44.554Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:23:08.677Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:26:28.674Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. If subset sums of a finite natural set cover [0,L], adjoining a fresh value a at most L+1 extends coverage th…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/118?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/108631d3-ade9-45c3-b860-86cbd06305c5 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812642243, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:23:08.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**If subset sums of a finite natural set cover [0,L], adjoining a fresh value a at most L+1 extends coverage through L+a.**

**Scope.**

Every finite set of natural values, fresh natural a, and natural coverage endpoint L.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos349SubsetSumIntervalExtension.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos349SubsetSumIntervalExtension.Worker01

open Finset

theorem proof :
    ∀ (values : Finset ℕ) (a L : ℕ), a ∉ values →
      (∀ n ≤ L, ∃ chosen : Finset ℕ, chosen ⊆ values ∧ ∑ x ∈ chosen, x = n) →
      a ≤ L + 1 →
      ∀ n ≤ L + a, ∃ chosen : Finset ℕ,
        chosen ⊆ insert a values ∧ ∑ x ∈ chosen, x = n := by
  intro values a L hafresh hcover ha n hn
  by_cases hnL : n ≤ L
  · obtain ⟨chosen, hchosen, hsum⟩ := hcover n hnL
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/108631d3-ade9-45c3-b860-86cbd06305c5/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos349SubsetSumIntervalExtension

open Finset

/-- The overlap engine behind completeness arguments: if subset sums of
`values` cover `[0,L]`, adjoining a fresh value at most `L+1` extends coverage
through `L+a`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (values : Finset ℕ) (a L : ℕ), a ∉ values →
    (∀ n ≤ L, ∃ chosen : Finset ℕ, chosen ⊆ values ∧ ∑ x ∈ chosen, x = n) →
    a ≤ L + 1 →
    ∀ n ≤ L + a, ∃ chosen : Finset ℕ,
      chosen ⊆ insert a values ∧ ∑ x ∈ chosen, x = n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos349SubsetSumIntervalExtension
```

### 1. For every positive t and every alpha strictly between one and the golden ratio, is the set of floors floor(t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/118?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:22:44.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every positive t and every alpha strictly between one and the golden ratio, is the set of floors floor(t alpha^n) additively complete?**

The statement inlines the exact FormalConjecturesForMathlib subset-sum and eventual-completeness definitions over integers. The parameter region is nonempty at (1,3/2), and an independent explicit eventual-subset-sum transcription agrees.

**Scope.**

All positive real t and all real alpha with 1 < alpha < (1+sqrt(5))/2.

**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.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos349GeometricFloorCompleteness

open Filter Finset Set

def subsetSums (A : Set ℤ) : Set ℤ :=
  {z | ∃ B : Finset ℤ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ z = ∑ b ∈ B, b}

def IsAddComplete (A : Set ℤ) : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ z : ℤ in atTop, z ∈ subsetSums A

def IsGoodPair (t α : ℝ) : Prop :=
  IsAddComplete (range (fun n : ℕ ↦ ⌊t * α ^ n⌋))

/-- A central open positive region in Erdős Problem 349. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ t α : ℝ, 0 < t → α ∈ Ioo 1 ((1 + √5) / 2) → IsGoodPair t α

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos349GeometricFloorCompleteness
```

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