# Jig #147: Open

> Coprime powerful summands with a powerful sum.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/147
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 939 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/939)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:58:23.559Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:08:50.855Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:13:09.359Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. For every natural exponent r, 1 is r-powerful because it has no prime divisors.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/147?s=2
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7c95b2d4-ef23-411b-9208-230b9a580885 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815764298, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:08:50.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every natural exponent r, 1 is r-powerful because it has no prime divisors.**

Definition-boundary calibration discovered during the whole-problem attack. This does not solve the positive distinct-summand construction, but confirms that the standard convention includes 1 while the root explicitly excludes zero summands.

**Scope.**

The unit boundary of the r-powerful predicate used in the root.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03NoPrimeFactors.lean: Submissions.Erdos939OnePowerfulBoundary.Worker03NoPrimeFactors.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic

open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos939OnePowerfulBoundary.Worker03NoPrimeFactors

def IsFull (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ r ∣ n

theorem proof : ∀ r : ℕ, IsFull r 1 := by
  intro r p hp
  simp at hp

end Submissions.Erdos939OnePowerfulBoundary.Worker03NoPrimeFactors
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic

open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos939OnePowerfulBoundary

def IsFull (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ r ∣ n

/-- One is `r`-powerful for every exponent. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r : ℕ, IsFull r 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos939OnePowerfulBoundary
```

### 1. For every r≥4, there are r−2 positive r-powerful integers with collective gcd one whose sum is also r-powerfu…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/147?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:58:23.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every r≥4, there are r−2 positive r-powerful integers with collective gcd one whose sum is also r-powerful.**

Canonical positive-integer formulation. Formal Conjectures' helper `Nat.Full` is inlined because it is absent from the pinned Mathlib. The positivity conjunct is intentional and source-faithful: omitting it admits zero as vacuously powerful and weakens the Diophantine problem.

**Scope.**

Positive natural summands; collective gcd one; `r`-powerful means every prime divisor p satisfies p^r dividing the number.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.GCDMonoid.Finset
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic

open Nat Finset

namespace Statements.Erdos939PowerfulSums

/-- `n` is `r`-powerful if every prime divisor occurs to exponent at
least `r`. -/
def IsFull (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ r ∣ n

def AdmissibleSums (r : ℕ) : Set (Finset ℕ) :=
  {S | S.card = r - 2 ∧
    (∀ s ∈ S, 0 < s) ∧
    S.gcd id = 1 ∧
    IsFull r (∑ s ∈ S, s) ∧
    ∀ s ∈ S, IsFull r s}

/-- Erdős Problem 939: for every `r ≥ 4`, some `r-2` coprime
`r`-powerful numbers have an `r`-powerful sum. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r ≥ 4, (AdmissibleSums r).Nonempty

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos939PowerfulSums
```

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