# Jig #138: Open

> Are large-prime-divisor blocks subpolynomially short?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/138
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 962 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/962)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:47:22.946Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:49:26.602Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:54:08.595Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For all n, the maximal block length satisfies k(n)≤n, and for n≥1 it also satisfies k(n)≥1.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/138?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ac25e117-052b-457b-b9e6-6ea11ff3f15a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814384667, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:49:26.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For all n, the maximal block length satisfies k(n)≤n, and for n≥1 it also satisfies k(n)≥1.**

**Scope.**

Global elementary upper and lower bounds for the exact k(n) definition.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos962ElementaryBounds.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Find
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos962ElementaryBounds.Direct

def HasLargePrimeBlock (n width : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ start ≤ n, ∀ offset ∈ Set.Icc 1 width,
    ∃ p : ℕ, p.Prime ∧ width < p ∧ p ∣ start + offset

noncomputable def maxWidth (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  Nat.findGreatest (fun width => HasLargePrimeBlock n width) n

theorem proof :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ac25e117-052b-457b-b9e6-6ea11ff3f15a/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Find
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos962ElementaryBounds

def HasLargePrimeBlock (n width : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ start ≤ n, ∀ offset ∈ Set.Icc 1 width,
    ∃ p : ℕ, p.Prime ∧ width < p ∧ p ∣ start + offset

noncomputable def maxWidth (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  Nat.findGreatest (fun width => HasLargePrimeBlock n width) n

/-- The elementary bounds built into, and nontrivially witnessed by, the
maximal block-length definition. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ n : ℕ, maxWidth n ≤ n) ∧
    ∀ n : ℕ, 1 ≤ n → 1 ≤ maxWidth n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos962ElementaryBounds
```

### 1. If k(n) is the maximum block length attainable below n such that every entry has a prime divisor larger than…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/138?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:47:22.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If k(n) is the maximum block length attainable below n such that every entry has a prime divisor larger than the block, is log k(n) at most (log n)^(1/2+o(1))?**

The vanishing error is stated directly by its epsilon definition, avoiding dependence on an external little-o wrapper.

**Scope.**

The asymptotic upper bound for the maximal block length k(n).

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Find
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos962SubpolynomialBlockLength

open Filter Real

def HasLargePrimeBlock (n width : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ start ≤ n, ∀ offset ∈ Set.Icc 1 width,
    ∃ p : ℕ, p.Prime ∧ width < p ∧ p ∣ start + offset

noncomputable def maxWidth (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  Nat.findGreatest (fun width => HasLargePrimeBlock n width) n

/-- Erdős Problem 962: `log(maxWidth n)` is eventually at most
`(log n)^(1/2+o(1))`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ error : ℕ → ℝ,
    (∀ δ > 0, ∀ᶠ n in atTop, |error n| < δ) ∧
      ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
        log (maxWidth n : ℝ) ≤
          rpow (log n) ((1 : ℝ) / 2 + error n)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos962SubpolynomialBlockLength
```

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