# Jig #122: Open

> Are three-rich unit circles subquadratic?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/122
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 104 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/104)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:28:32.220Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-19T10:17:52.854Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-19T10:20:06.343Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. For every finite set of distinct complex-plane points, the centers of unit circles containing at least three…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/122?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a1c19e40-2f65-4ac2-8a7a-28789b1d627e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35437114823, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-19T10:17:52.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**For every finite set of distinct complex-plane points, the centers of unit circles containing at least three original points form a finite set bounded in cardinality by the cube of the input size.**

For each input size, the canonical supremum is attained and is bounded by that cube; a bound on this maximum is equivalent to a uniform bound over all configurations of that size.

**Scope.**

Unrestricted finite subsets of ℂ with the usual metric, including empty inputs; centers counted once. Exactly the existing root richCenters and maxRichUnitCircles definitions. Conjunction of finiteness, cubic boundedness, maximum attainment, count≤maximum, maximum≤n³ and uniform-bound equivalence. No subquadratic estimate or full-root resolution.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P122RichCircleFoundations.Proof.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Complex.FiniteDimensional

namespace Submissions.J5P122RichCircleFoundations.Proof

noncomputable def richCenters (P : Finset ℂ) : Set ℂ :=
  {c : ℂ | 3 ≤ (P.filter fun p => dist p c = 1).card}

noncomputable def maxRichUnitCircles (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup {k : ℕ | ∃ P : Finset ℂ,
    P.card = n ∧ (richCenters P).ncard = k}

theorem center_unique {a b d c e : ℂ} (hab : a ≠ b) (had : a ≠ d)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a1c19e40-2f65-4ac2-8a7a-28789b1d627e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.J5P122RichCircleFoundations

noncomputable def richCenters (P : Finset ℂ) : Set ℂ :=
  {c : ℂ | 3 ≤ (P.filter fun p => dist p c = 1).card}

noncomputable def maxRichUnitCircles (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup {k : ℕ | ∃ P : Finset ℂ,
    P.card = n ∧ (richCenters P).ncard = k}

/-- Elementary finiteness, boundedness, attainment and uniform-bound foundations only. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ P : Finset ℂ, (richCenters P).Finite) ∧
  (∀ P : Finset ℂ, (richCenters P).ncard ≤ P.card ^ 3) ∧
  (∀ n : ℕ, ∃ P : Finset ℂ,
    P.card = n ∧ (richCenters P).ncard = maxRichUnitCircles n) ∧
  (∀ P : Finset ℂ, (richCenters P).ncard ≤ maxRichUnitCircles P.card) ∧
  (∀ n : ℕ, maxRichUnitCircles n ≤ n ^ 3) ∧
  (∀ n b : ℕ, maxRichUnitCircles n ≤ b ↔
    ∀ P : Finset ℂ, P.card = n → (richCenters P).ncard ≤ b)

end Statements.J5P122RichCircleFoundations
```

### 2. The unit circle centered at zero contains the three distinct points 1, -1, and i.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/122?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3e008934-ef7a-4ecb-89a0-c6163a1af808 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813321928, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:31:03.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The unit circle centered at zero contains the three distinct points 1, -1, and i.**

**Scope.**

A concrete three-point configuration in ℂ under the root's distance-one and finite-cardinality encoding.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos104ThreePointUnitCircle.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum

namespace Submissions.Erdos104ThreePointUnitCircle.Direct

noncomputable def richCenters (P : Finset ℂ) : Set ℂ :=
  {c : ℂ | 3 ≤ (P.filter fun p => dist p c = 1).card}

private lemma one_ne_I : (1 : ℂ) ≠ Complex.I := by
  intro h
  have := congrArg Complex.im h
  norm_num at this

private lemma neg_one_ne_I : (-1 : ℂ) ≠ Complex.I := by
  intro h
  have := congrArg Complex.im h
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3e008934-ef7a-4ecb-89a0-c6163a1af808/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos104ThreePointUnitCircle

noncomputable def richCenters (P : Finset ℂ) : Set ℂ :=
  {c : ℂ | 3 ≤ (P.filter fun p => dist p c = 1).card}

/-- The unit circle centered at zero contains `1`, `-1`, and `i`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (0 : ℂ) ∈ richCenters (insert Complex.I (insert (-1) {1}))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos104ThreePointUnitCircle
```

### 1. Given n distinct points in the Euclidean plane, let F(n) be the maximum number of distinct unit circles conta…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/122?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:28:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Given n distinct points in the Euclidean plane, let F(n) be the maximum number of distinct unit circles containing at least three of the points.**

Prove F(n) = o(n²).

This is a new faithful Lean formalization of the official weak o(n²) conjecture, not the stronger expected O(n^(3/2)) bound. Three explicit points on one unit circle kernel-check non-vacuity; an independent encoding is definitionally equivalent; nine content-free bridges are rejected. Full routes checked pair counting, point-circle incidence bounds, triple encoding, polynomial partitioning/crossing methods, and formal-definition degeneracies. The obstruction is genuine: known methods give only a fixed quadratic constant at richness three.

**Scope.**

The Euclidean plane is represented by ℂ with its usual metric. A circle is represented uniquely by its center, input points are distinct by Finset, and circles containing at least three points are counted once by center.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Defs

namespace Statements.Erdos104UnitCircleSubquadratic

open Filter Asymptotics

/-- Centers of unit circles containing at least three points of `P`. -/
noncomputable def richCenters (P : Finset ℂ) : Set ℂ :=
  {c : ℂ | 3 ≤ (P.filter fun p => dist p c = 1).card}

/-- The maximum number of distinct 3-rich unit circles determined by `n` points. -/
noncomputable def maxRichUnitCircles (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup {k : ℕ | ∃ P : Finset ℂ,
    P.card = n ∧ (richCenters P).ncard = k}

/-- Erdős problem 104: 3-rich unit circles are subquadratic in the point count. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (fun n => (maxRichUnitCircles n : ℝ)) =o[atTop]
    (fun n => (n : ℝ) ^ 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos104UnitCircleSubquadratic
```

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