# Jig #146: Open

> Are infinitely many central binomial coefficients coprime to 105?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/146
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 376 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/376)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:57:39.512Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:59:07.264Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:07:32.617Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. The first three known indices 0, 1, and 10 all give central binomial coefficients coprime to 105.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/146?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/569aa54c-954a-43c2-af38-fd6601643130 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815022378, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:59:07.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**The first three known indices 0, 1, and 10 all give central binomial coefficients coprime to 105.**

**Scope.**

Three explicit witness indices.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos376FirstThreeWitnesses.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Central
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Insert
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos376FirstThreeWitnesses.Worker04

theorem proof :
    ∀ n ∈ ({0, 1, 10} : Finset ℕ), n.centralBinom.Coprime 105 := by
  intro n hn
  simp only [Finset.mem_insert, Finset.mem_singleton] at hn
  rcases hn with rfl | rfl | rfl
  · norm_num
  · decide
  · decide

end Submissions.Erdos376FirstThreeWitnesses.Worker04
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/569aa54c-954a-43c2-af38-fd6601643130/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Central
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Insert

namespace Statements.Erdos376FirstThreeWitnesses

/-- The first three known indices all give central binomial coefficients coprime to 105. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n ∈ ({0, 1, 10} : Finset ℕ), n.centralBinom.Coprime 105

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos376FirstThreeWitnesses
```

### 2. The index zero gives a central binomial coefficient coprime to 105.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/146?s=2
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- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:58:49.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The index zero gives a central binomial coefficient coprime to 105.**

**Scope.**

Base computational boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos376ZeroWitness.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Central
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos376ZeroWitness.Worker04Smoke

theorem proof : (0 : ℕ).centralBinom.Coprime 105 := by
  norm_num

end Submissions.Erdos376ZeroWitness.Worker04Smoke
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Central

namespace Statements.Erdos376ZeroWitness

/-- The zero index is a coprime central-binomial witness. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (0 : ℕ).centralBinom.Coprime 105

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos376ZeroWitness
```

### 1. There are infinitely many natural numbers n for which the central binomial coefficient choose(2n,n) is coprim…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/146?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:57:39.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There are infinitely many natural numbers n for which the central binomial coefficient choose(2n,n) is coprime to 105.**

Faithful positive formulation of the yes/no question. Differential multiplication 3·5·7, three concrete witnesses, and twelve degenerate-result attacks pass locally.

**Scope.**

All natural indices and coprimality with 3·5·7.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Central
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos376CentralBinomCoprime105

/-- Erdős Problem 376. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Set.Infinite {n : ℕ | n.centralBinom.Coprime 105}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos376CentralBinomCoprime105
```

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