# Jig #126: Open

> Does distinct-divisor representability have a power-log density law?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/126
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 859 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/859)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:33:16.063Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:33:32.407Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:34:54.424Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. If a positive integer n represents t as a sum of distinct divisors, then every positive multiple m of n repre…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/126?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0143b3f7-36ce-4912-a77b-11b7f61ab353 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813405749, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:33:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**If a positive integer n represents t as a sum of distinct divisors, then every positive multiple m of n represents t using the same divisors.**

**Scope.**

The divisibility-upward-closure structural lemma for every target t and positive natural integers n,m.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos859DivisorSumUpwardClosed.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Submissions.Erdos859DivisorSumUpwardClosed.Direct

private def DivisorSumSet (t : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n : ℕ | ∃ s ⊆ Nat.divisors n, t = ∑ i ∈ s, i}

theorem proof :
    ∀ t n m : ℕ, n ≠ 0 → m ≠ 0 → n ∣ m →
      n ∈ DivisorSumSet t → m ∈ DivisorSumSet t := by
  intro t n m _ hm hnm
  rintro ⟨s, hs, hsum⟩
  refine ⟨s, ?_, hsum⟩
  intro d hd
  have hdn : d ∈ Nat.divisors n := hs hd
  exact Nat.mem_divisors.mpr
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0143b3f7-36ce-4912-a77b-11b7f61ab353/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos859DivisorSumUpwardClosed

def DivisorSumSet (t : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n : ℕ | ∃ s ⊆ Nat.divisors n, t = ∑ i ∈ s, i}

/-- Representability as a sum of distinct divisors is inherited by every
positive multiple. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ t n m : ℕ, n ≠ 0 → m ≠ 0 → n ∣ m →
    n ∈ DivisorSumSet t → m ∈ DivisorSumSet t

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos859DivisorSumUpwardClosed
```

### 1. For each positive integer t, let d(t) be the natural density of positive integers n for which t is a sum of d…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/126?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:33:16.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For each positive integer t, let d(t) be the natural density of positive integers n for which t is a sum of distinct divisors of n.**

There should be constants c₁,c₂>0 such that d(t) is asymptotic to c₁/(log t)^c₂ as t tends to infinity.

Full local mode. The canonical statement builds, and an independent transcription bridges definitionally in both directions. Eleven degenerate declarations all red as restatements. The target t=1 has a concrete representing integer, and the source itself proves existence and positivity of every fixed density. The negation leaves precisely failure of every proposed positive leading constant/exponent family. The full attack kernel-checks Erdős's first structural step: representability is inherited by every positive multiple. Erdős's finite basis below t! gives each individual density, but the known bounds 1/(log t)^2 and 1/log t do not identify a common exponent or leading constant; that uniform asymptotic is the root blocker.

**Scope.**

The full power-log asymptotic conjecture for natural densities of distinct-divisor representability sets, for every positive natural target t.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.AsymptoticEquivalent
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open Asymptotics Filter
open scoped Real

namespace Statements.Erdos859DivisorSumDensity

def DivisorSumSet (t : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n : ℕ | ∃ s ⊆ Nat.divisors n, t = ∑ i ∈ s, i}

/-- Natural density, specialized to subsets of `ℕ`. -/
def HasDensity (S : Set ℕ) (d : ℝ) : Prop :=
  Tendsto (fun N : ℕ => ((S ∩ Set.Iio N).ncard : ℝ) / N)
    atTop (nhds d)

/-- Erdős Problem 859: the density of integers whose distinct divisors
represent `t` should have a power-of-logarithm asymptotic. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c₁ > 0, ∃ c₂ > (0 : ℝ), ∃ d : ℕ → ℝ,
    (∀ t > 0, HasDensity (DivisorSumSet t) (d t)) ∧
      (fun t : ℕ => d t) ~[atTop]
        (fun t => c₁ / Real.log t ^ c₂)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos859DivisorSumDensity
```

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