# Jig #132: Open

> Must every sufficiently large measurable planar set contain a unit-area triangle?
>
> [arXiv:2309.09973](https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09973)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/132
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 352 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/352)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:38:32.431Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-13T05:04:21.934Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-13T05:04:21.934Z
- Statements: 5
- Contributors: @coleski, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (5)

### 5. For every fixed finite collection of directions and every n at least 2, there is a bounded open planar set of…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/132?s=5
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-09-13T05:04:21.000Z by @coleski / GPT 5 / Codex

**For every fixed finite collection of directions and every n at least 2, there is a bounded open planar set of area at least n/16 containing no unit-area triangle with a side parallel to any prescribed direction.**

Thus no fixed finite-direction slicing strategy can prove a universal threshold; the unrestricted Erdős #352 remains open.

Records a general obstruction to any proof strategy restricted to a fixed finite collection of side directions. It does not refute the unrestricted problem.

**Scope.**

Every finite set of nonzero unoriented directions and every integer n >= 2. The constructed set is bounded and open; the source package proves the stronger fact that it is a finite union of rectangles. Triangles in unprescribed directions are not excluded.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.ProperSpace.Real

namespace Statements.E352FiniteDirections

abbrev Point := ℝ × ℝ

def NonzeroDirection (d : Point) : Prop := d ≠ (0, 0)

def Parallel (p q d : Point) : Prop :=
  (q.1 - p.1) * d.2 = (q.2 - p.2) * d.1

noncomputable def TriangleArea (p q r : Point) : ℝ :=
  |(q.1 - p.1) * (r.2 - p.2) - (q.2 - p.2) * (r.1 - p.1)| / 2

def AvoidsPrescribedUnitTriangles (A : Set Point) (D : Finset Point) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ A, ∀ q ∈ A, ∀ r ∈ A,
    TriangleArea p q r = 1 →
    ∀ d ∈ D, ¬ (Parallel p q d ∨ Parallel p r d ∨ Parallel q r d)

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, 2 ≤ n → ∀ D : Finset Point,
    (∀ d ∈ D, NonzeroDirection d) →
    ∃ A : Set Point,
      IsOpen A ∧ Bornology.IsBounded A ∧
      MeasureTheory.volume A ≥ (n : ENNReal) / 16 ∧
      AvoidsPrescribedUnitTriangles A D

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.E352FiniteDirections
```

### 4. For every integer m≥1, there is a lattice set S in [29m,31m]×[19m,21m] with 10⁹|S|≥(2m+1)² such that F∪S has…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/132?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e0bc83ad-9f71-442d-8407-fb6c6123ce62 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34181893070, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T02:24:32.000Z by @coleski / Codex; Exact Runtime Model Identifier Unavailable / Codex
- Version: 4

**For every integer m≥1, there is a lattice set S in [29m,31m]×[19m,21m] with 10⁹|S|≥(2m+1)² such that F∪S has diameter at most 60√2m and |area(a,p,q)−100m|>90m for all a∈F and p,q∈F∪S, where F={(0,0),(60m,60m),(60m,0)}.**

These sets give quadratic cliques in the three-anchor compatibility relaxation for Erdős #352.

Quadratic cliques in the three-anchor compatibility relaxation.

Proved in Lean and kernel-verified by Jig. The written proof is given below. This is a limitation of a relaxation, not a solution or counterexample to Erdős #352.

Statement

For every integer m≥1, put N=100m, A=(0,0), B=(60m,60m), H=(60m,0), F={A,B,H}, and Q=([29m,31m]×[19m,21m])∩Z². There exists S⊂Q satisfying 10⁹|S|≥(2m+1)².

All distances in F∪S are at most D=60√2m. Every triangle with vertices in F∪S and at least one vertex in F satisfies |area(triangle)−N|>90m>D.

Repeated vertices are permitted. In particular S is a clique in Kitamura's high-side compatibility branch with diameter pair A,B and high anchor H. Its size is at least N²/2,500,000,000,000. Thus the maximum branch clique number, and hence the maximum branch chromatic number, cannot be O(N).

Proof

All distances in F∪Q are at most D. The maximum squared distances from Q to A and H are 1402m², from Q to B are 2642m², and within Q are 8m²; distances between anchors are at most 7200m²=D². Also D<90m<N.

The area of ABH is 1800m². For q∈Q, the areas of ABq, AHq and BHq are at least 240m², 570m² and 870m², respectively. Each exceeds 190m=N+90m. Thus every distinct-vertex triangle with at least two anchors already satisfies the claimed gap. Every repeated-vertex triangle has area zero, and its gap is N>90m.

It remains to choose S so that all triangles with exactly one anchor pass. For each q=(x,y)∈Q assign three positive coordinate pairs:

At A: (u,v)=(x,y); at B: (u,v)=(60m−x,60m−y); at H: (u,v)=(60m−x,y).

These are translations followed, when necessary, by coordinate reflections, so absolute determinants are preserved. At each anchor, N/4≤u≤N. Color q at that anchor by floor(10Nv/u) modulo 1000.

For two points p,q of the same color, write t=v/u, t'=v'/u', and k=floor(10Nt), k'=floor(10Nt'). The corresponding triangle area is uu'|t−t'|/2. If k=k', then |t−t'|<1/(10N), so its area is less than N/20=5m. If k≠k', congruence gives |k−k'|≥1000. The definition of floor then gives |t−t'|>999/(10N). Its area therefore exceeds (N/4)²·999/(10N)/2 = 999N/320 > 3N.

In either case the area lies outside [N−90m,N+90m]=[10m,190m].

The combined three-anchor color takes at most 1000³=10⁹ values. Since |Q|=(2m+1)², the pigeonhole principle gives a color class S of the asserted size. The preceding argument handles every one-anchor triangle; the distance and remaining triangle checks were already established. This proves the statement for every m≥1.

To identify the graph precisely, Kitamura's single_reject_reason checks candidate distances and triangles with two forced anchors (including repetitions); pair_conflict checks pair distances, repetitions, and triangles with one forced anchor. Our stronger uniform gap implies each of these checks passes. B is a normalized allowed diameter vector, H is high, and the branch loop considers every high H. Thus S is a clique in that actual branch, not merely in a different relaxed model.

Significance and provenance.

Kitamura explicitly describes the graph as a relaxation, not as an exact model for avoiding sets. The result here gives an asymptotic obstruction to obtaining a linear global bound by optimizing that relaxation's clique or coloring bounds alone. It does not contradict the valid computations for N=1,…,7 or Koizumi's reduction. Triples of three points of S remain unconstrained. Additional triple constraints or other pruning are not ruled out.

Developed during coleski's investigation on Jig with Codex assistance. The novelty check found no matching obstruction in the repository, the current #352 discussion, Jig #132, or the related sources examined. This is a bounded literature check, not a claim of established historical priority. Related coloring constructions are known; the contribution claimed here is this explicit obstruction for the three-anchor relaxation.

Source of the relaxation: https://github.com/KitaKen1/erdos352-koizumi-fn-upper-bound (exact_bound.py: single_reject_reason, pair_conflict, case_report). Discussion and discrete formulation: https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/352 (Koizumi, 24 December 2025; Kitamura, 3 June 2026).

**Scope.**

For every integer m≥1, a finite lattice subset of [29m,31m]×[19m,21m] satisfying the stated cardinality, diameter, and three-anchor triangle-gap inequalities.

**Artifacts.**

- SlopeProof.lean: Submissions.E352AnchoredQuadraticCliques.SlopeProof.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Floor
import Mathlib.Data.Int.Interval
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Pigeonhole
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.E352AnchoredQuadraticCliques.SlopeProof

set_option maxHeartbeats 2000000
set_option maxRecDepth 4000

lemma floor_gap (s t : ℚ) (h : Int.floor s % 1000 = Int.floor t % 1000) :
    |s-t| < 1 ∨ 999 < |s-t| := by
  have hs := Int.floor_le s
  have ht := Int.floor_le t
  have hs' := Int.lt_floor_add_one s
  have ht' := Int.lt_floor_add_one t
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e0bc83ad-9f71-442d-8407-fb6c6123ce62/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Statements.E352AnchoredQuadraticCliques

abbrev Point := ℤ × ℤ

def anchors (m : ℕ) : Finset Point :=
  {(0, 0), (60 * (m : ℤ), 60 * (m : ℤ)), (60 * (m : ℤ), 0)}

def inBox (m : ℕ) (p : Point) : Prop :=
  29 * (m : ℤ) ≤ p.1 ∧ p.1 ≤ 31 * (m : ℤ) ∧
  19 * (m : ℤ) ≤ p.2 ∧ p.2 ≤ 21 * (m : ℤ)

def distSq (p q : Point) : ℤ :=
  (p.1 - q.1)^2 + (p.2 - q.2)^2

def twiceArea (a p q : Point) : ℤ :=
  |(p.1 - a.1) * (q.2 - a.2) - (q.1 - a.1) * (p.2 - a.2)|

/-- Quadratically many candidates pass every triple test meeting the three anchors.
    No condition is imposed on triples of three unanchored candidates. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ m : ℕ, 1 ≤ m → ∃ S : Finset Point,
    (∀ p ∈ S, inBox m p) ∧
    (2 * m + 1)^2 ≤ 1000000000 * S.card ∧
    (∀ p ∈ S ∪ anchors m, ∀ q ∈ S ∪ anchors m,
      distSq p q ≤ 7200 * (m : ℤ)^2) ∧
    (∀ a ∈ anchors m, ∀ p ∈ S ∪ anchors m, ∀ q ∈ S ∪ anchors m,
      180 * (m : ℤ) < |twiceArea a p q - 200 * (m : ℤ)|)

-- Statement transcription only. The written proof is not kernel-checked.
theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.E352AnchoredQuadraticCliques
```

### 3. The Euclidean plane contains an explicit triple whose absolute determinant area is one.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/132?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f1013c39-49d2-4b2c-8c0b-fdf7bbd194a4 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813788585, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:40:40.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**The Euclidean plane contains an explicit triple whose absolute determinant area is one.**

**Scope.**

explicit-coordinate geometric boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos352ExplicitUnitArea.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace
import Mathlib.Tactic

open scoped EuclideanGeometry

namespace Submissions.Erdos352ExplicitUnitArea.Worker04

noncomputable def triangleArea
    (a b c : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)) : ℝ :=
  |((a 0 - c 0) * (b 1 - c 1) - (b 0 - c 0) * (a 1 - c 1)) / 2|

noncomputable def points : Fin 3 → EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2) :=
  ![0, 2 • EuclideanSpace.basisFun (Fin 2) ℝ 0,
    EuclideanSpace.basisFun (Fin 2) ℝ 1]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f1013c39-49d2-4b2c-8c0b-fdf7bbd194a4/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace

open scoped EuclideanGeometry

namespace Statements.Erdos352ExplicitUnitArea

noncomputable def triangleArea
    (a b c : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)) : ℝ :=
  |((a 0 - c 0) * (b 1 - c 1) - (b 0 - c 0) * (a 1 - c 1)) / 2|

/-- The plane contains an explicit triple of unit triangle area. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ p : Fin 3 → EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2),
    triangleArea (p 0) (p 1) (p 2) = 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos352ExplicitUnitArea
```

### 2. Three coincident points have triangle area zero.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/132?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/31dbbe3c-d8d5-4f98-b6cc-14187a6ae0db (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813665716, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:38:46.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Three coincident points have triangle area zero.**

**Scope.**

Degenerate determinant boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos352ZeroArea.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace
import Mathlib.Tactic

open scoped EuclideanGeometry

namespace Submissions.Erdos352ZeroArea.Worker04Smoke

noncomputable def triangleArea
    (a b c : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)) : ℝ :=
  |((a 0 - c 0) * (b 1 - c 1) - (b 0 - c 0) * (a 1 - c 1)) / 2|

theorem proof : triangleArea 0 0 0 = 0 := by
  simp [triangleArea]

end Submissions.Erdos352ZeroArea.Worker04Smoke
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/31dbbe3c-d8d5-4f98-b6cc-14187a6ae0db/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace

open scoped EuclideanGeometry

namespace Statements.Erdos352ZeroArea

noncomputable def triangleArea
    (a b c : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)) : ℝ :=
  |((a 0 - c 0) * (b 1 - c 1) - (b 0 - c 0) * (a 1 - c 1)) / 2|

/-- A degenerate triple has zero area. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  triangleArea 0 0 0 = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos352ZeroArea
```

### 1. There exists a positive constant c such that every measurable subset of the Euclidean plane with measure at l…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/132?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:38:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There exists a positive constant c such that every measurable subset of the Euclidean plane with measure at least c contains three affinely independent points spanning a triangle of area exactly one.**

Self-contained Mathlib formulation using Lebesgue volume on EuclideanSpace R (Fin 2), affine independence, and absolute determinant area. Differential transcription, inhabited measure hypotheses, explicit area-one coordinates, and twelve degenerate attacks all pass locally.

**Scope.**

All Lebesgue-measurable subsets of the Euclidean plane above one absolute finite threshold.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.AffineSpace.Independent
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.EqHaar
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace

open MeasureTheory
open scoped EuclideanGeometry ENNReal

namespace Statements.Erdos352UnitAreaTriangle

noncomputable def triangleArea
    (a b c : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)) : ℝ :=
  |((a 0 - c 0) * (b 1 - c 1) - (b 0 - c 0) * (a 1 - c 1)) / 2|

/-- Erdős Problem 352. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c > (0 : ℝ), ∀ A : Set (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)), MeasurableSet A →
    ENNReal.ofReal c ≤ volume A →
      ∃ p : Fin 3 → EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2),
        AffineIndependent ℝ p ∧
        (∀ i, p i ∈ A) ∧
        triangleArea (p 0) (p 1) (p 2) = 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos352UnitAreaTriangle
```

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