# 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: 2026-08-25T05:31:03.651Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:38:07.799Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 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
- 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
  norm_num at this

theorem proof :
    (0 : ℂ) ∈ richCenters (insert Complex.I (insert (-1) {1})) := by
  let P : Finset ℂ := insert Complex.I (insert (-1) {1})
  have hI : dist Complex.I 0 = 1 := by
    norm_num [Complex.dist_eq, Complex.norm_def]
  have hn : dist (-1 : ℂ) 0 = 1 := by
    norm_num [Complex.dist_eq, Complex.norm_def]
  have ho : dist (1 : ℂ) 0 = 1 := by
    norm_num [Complex.dist_eq, Complex.norm_def]
  have hcard : P.card = 3 := by
    dsimp only [P]
    rw [Finset.card_insert_of_notMem, Finset.card_insert_of_notMem]
    · simp
    · norm_num
    · simp only [Finset.mem_insert, Finset.mem_singleton]
      exact not_or_intro neg_one_ne_I.symm one_ne_I.symm
  have hall : ∀ p ∈ P, dist p 0 = 1 := by
    intro p hp
    dsimp only [P] at hp
    simp only [Finset.mem_insert, Finset.mem_singleton] at hp
    rcases hp with rfl | rfl | rfl
    · exact hI
    · exact hn
    · exact ho
  change 3 ≤ (P.filter fun p => dist p 0 = 1).card
  rw [Finset.filter_eq_self.2 hall, hcard]

end Submissions.Erdos104ThreePointUnitCircle.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```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

```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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