# Jig #153: Open

> Eventually more than n prime divisors among the first n partition numbers.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/153
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1106 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1106)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:06:31.220Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:08:44.061Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:12:58.271Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. The set of distinct prime factors accumulated from partition numbers through n is contained in the correspond…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/153?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/993d06e8-d540-410b-b724-46dcc468f835 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815704726, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:08:44.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**The set of distinct prime factors accumulated from partition numbers through n is contained in the corresponding set through n+1.**

**Scope.**

All natural n.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1106PrimeFactorMonotonicity.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.Partition.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1106PrimeFactorMonotonicity.Direct

open Finset
open scoped BigOperators

def partitionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Fintype.card (Nat.Partition n)

def cumulativePartitionProduct (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ∏ i ∈ Icc 1 n, partitionCount i
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/993d06e8-d540-410b-b724-46dcc468f835/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.Partition.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1106PrimeFactorMonotonicity

open Finset
open scoped BigOperators

def partitionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Fintype.card (Nat.Partition n)

def cumulativePartitionProduct (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ∏ i ∈ Icc 1 n, partitionCount i

/-- The distinct-prime-factor sets in Erdős Problem 1106 are monotone. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ,
    (cumulativePartitionProduct n).primeFactors ⊆
      (cumulativePartitionProduct (n + 1)).primeFactors

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1106PrimeFactorMonotonicity
```

### 1. Let p(i) be the partition number of i.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/153?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:06:31.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Let p(i) be the partition number of i.**

Is the number of distinct prime factors of ∏_{1≤i≤n}p(i) greater than n for all sufficiently large n?

Uses the product p(i), not the apparent p(n) prose typo in formal-conjectures. Part (i) is known; this verifier poses only open part (ii).

**Scope.**

Eventual asymptotic claim over natural n.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.Partition.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1106PartitionPrimeFactorsLinear

open Filter Finset
open scoped BigOperators

def partitionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Fintype.card (Nat.Partition n)

def cumulativePartitionProduct (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ∏ i ∈ Icc 1 n, partitionCount i

/-- Erdős Problem 1106(ii): eventually the product of the first `n`
partition numbers has more than `n` distinct prime factors. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ n in atTop,
    (cumulativePartitionProduct n).primeFactors.card > n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1106PartitionPrimeFactorsLinear
```

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