# Jig #149: Open

> Do all long-enough prime residue intervals contain reciprocal pairs?
>
> [arXiv:1204.6374](https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.6374)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/149
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 445 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/445)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:00:37.168Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:00:50.596Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:10:42.451Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Every reciprocal-pair witness remains valid when the interval exponent is increased, for modulus at least one.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/149?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/88b4f4ae-5941-4450-b61f-0eac11606093 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815149802, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:00:50.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every reciprocal-pair witness remains valid when the interval exponent is increased, for modulus at least one.**

**Scope.**

All real exponents c≤d, natural p≥1 and interval starts n.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos445ExponentMonotonicity.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos445ExponentMonotonicity.Worker01

def HasInversePair (c : ℝ) (p n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ a b : ℕ,
    n < a ∧ (a : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) + (p : ℝ) ^ c ∧
    n < b ∧ (b : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) + (p : ℝ) ^ c ∧
    a * b ≡ 1 [MOD p]

theorem proof :
    ∀ c d : ℝ, ∀ p n : ℕ, c ≤ d → 1 ≤ p →
      HasInversePair c p n → HasInversePair d p n := by
  rintro c d p n hcd hp ⟨a, b, ha0, ha1, hb0, hb1, hab⟩
  have hpow : (p : ℝ) ^ c ≤ (p : ℝ) ^ d := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/88b4f4ae-5941-4450-b61f-0eac11606093/source
```

- 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.Prime.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos445ExponentMonotonicity

def HasInversePair (c : ℝ) (p n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ a b : ℕ,
    n < a ∧ (a : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) + (p : ℝ) ^ c ∧
    n < b ∧ (b : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) + (p : ℝ) ^ c ∧
    a * b ≡ 1 [MOD p]

/-- Increasing the interval exponent preserves every reciprocal-pair
witness when the modulus is at least one. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ c d : ℝ, ∀ p n : ℕ, c ≤ d → 1 ≤ p →
    HasInversePair c p n → HasInversePair d p n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos445ExponentMonotonicity
```

### 1. For every c>1/2 and all sufficiently large primes p, does every interval (n,n+p^c) contain a,b with ab congru…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/149?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:00:37.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every c>1/2 and all sufficiently large primes p, does every interval (n,n+p^c) contain a,b with ab congruent to one modulo p?**

Exact open intervals, real rpow length, every shift, and Nat.ModEq. The p=5,c=1,n=1 witness is (2,3); an independent reordered transcription agrees.

**Scope.**

Every real c>1/2, sufficiently large prime p, and every natural interval start 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.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos445ShortIntervalInverses

open Filter

def HasInversePair (c : ℝ) (p n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ a b : ℕ,
    n < a ∧ (a : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) + (p : ℝ) ^ c ∧
    n < b ∧ (b : ℝ) < (n : ℝ) + (p : ℝ) ^ c ∧
    a * b ≡ 1 [MOD p]

/-- Erdős Problem 445. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ c : ℝ, c > 1 / 2 →
    ∀ᶠ p : ℕ in atTop, p.Prime → ∀ n : ℕ, HasInversePair c p n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos445ShortIntervalInverses
```

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