# Jig #137: Open

> Prime-factor-rich integers in primorial-length intervals.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/137
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 891 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/891)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:46:53.557Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:48:53.354Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:50:52.892Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. Every sufficiently late unit interval contains an integer with more than zero distinct prime factors.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/137?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7c876c6a-781b-458e-9a50-f9d1195e950d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814341291, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:48:53.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every sufficiently late unit interval contains an integer with more than zero distinct prime factors.**

**Scope.**

The k=0 calibration, where the empty product gives interval length one.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03SelfWitness.lean: Submissions.Erdos891ZeroFactorBoundary.Worker03SelfWitness.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Nat Filter Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.omega

namespace Submissions.Erdos891ZeroFactorBoundary.Worker03SelfWitness

theorem proof :
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∃ m ∈ Ico n (n + 1), 0 < ω m := by
  filter_upwards [eventually_ge_atTop 2] with n hn
  refine ⟨n, ?_, ?_⟩
  · simp
  · exact ArithmeticFunction.cardDistinctFactors_pos.mpr hn
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7c876c6a-781b-458e-9a50-f9d1195e950d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Nat Filter Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.omega

namespace Statements.Erdos891ZeroFactorBoundary

/-- The zero-factor boundary of Erdős Problem 891. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
    ∃ m ∈ Ico n (n + 1), 0 < ω m

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos891ZeroFactorBoundary
```

### 1. For every k≥2, every sufficiently late half-open interval of length equal to the product of the first k prime…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/137?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:46:53.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every k≥2, every sufficiently late half-open interval of length equal to the product of the first k primes contains an integer with more than k distinct prime factors.**

Canonical concrete right-hand proposition. The interval is half-open, the first-k-prime product uses indices 0 through k-1, and `ω` counts distinct prime factors rather than multiplicity.

**Scope.**

Natural k,n,m; zero-indexed nth-prime enumeration begins with 2; ω counts distinct prime factors.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Nat Filter Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.omega

namespace Statements.Erdos891PrimeFactorInterval

/-- Erdős Problem 891: every sufficiently late interval whose length
is the product of the first `k` primes contains an integer with more
than `k` distinct prime factors. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k ≥ 2, ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
    ∃ m ∈ Ico n (n + ∏ i ∈ range k, i.nth Nat.Prime),
      k < ω m

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos891PrimeFactorInterval
```

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