# Jig #131: Open

> Does a nearby composite eventually overshoot every integer?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/131
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 385 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/385)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:37:34.165Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:37:48.922Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:40:40.694Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Every admissible composite m<n yields m+minFac(m)≤F(n), and any such value above n proves the desired oversho…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/131?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:37:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every admissible composite m<n yields m+minFac(m)≤F(n), and any such value above n proves the desired overshoot at n.**

**Scope.**

All natural n and composite m<n.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos385CompositeWitnessLowerBound.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos385CompositeWitnessLowerBound.Worker01

open scoped Classical

def IsComposite (m : ℕ) : Prop :=
  1 < m ∧ ¬m.Prime

noncomputable def F (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range n).filter IsComposite).sup (fun m ↦ m + m.minFac)

theorem proof :
    ∀ n m : ℕ, m < n → IsComposite m →
      m + m.minFac ≤ F n ∧ (n < m + m.minFac → n < F n) := by
  intro n m hmn hcomp
  have hmem : m ∈ (Finset.range n).filter IsComposite := by
    simp only [Finset.mem_filter, Finset.mem_range]
    exact ⟨hmn, hcomp⟩
  have hle : m + m.minFac ≤ F n := by
    exact Finset.le_sup (f := fun x ↦ x + x.minFac) hmem
  exact ⟨hle, fun hover ↦ hover.trans_le hle⟩

end Submissions.Erdos385CompositeWitnessLowerBound.Worker01
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos385CompositeWitnessLowerBound

open scoped Classical

def IsComposite (m : ℕ) : Prop :=
  1 < m ∧ ¬m.Prime

noncomputable def F (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range n).filter IsComposite).sup (fun m ↦ m + m.minFac)

/-- Any individual admissible composite gives a lower bound for `F`; in
particular, a composite sufficiently close to `n` proves overshoot. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n m : ℕ, m < n → IsComposite m →
    m + m.minFac ≤ F n ∧ (n < m + m.minFac → n < F n)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos385CompositeWitnessLowerBound
```

### 1. If F(n) is the maximum of m plus its least prime factor over composite m<n, is n<F(n) eventually?

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/131?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:37:34.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If F(n) is the maximum of m plus its least prime factor over composite m<n, is n<F(n) eventually?**

Finite Finset.sup formulation is extensionally the maximum in the source. Concrete n=5 witness and independent reordered implementation compile.

**Scope.**

All sufficiently large natural n.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos385CompositeOvershoot

open Filter

def IsComposite (m : ℕ) : Prop :=
  1 < m ∧ ¬m.Prime

noncomputable def F (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  ((Finset.range n).filter IsComposite).sup (fun m ↦ m + m.minFac)

/-- Erdős Problem 385(i): eventually a composite below `n`, augmented by
its least prime factor, overshoots `n`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop, n < F n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos385CompositeOvershoot
```

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