# Jig #156: Open

> Are sums of two powerful numbers pointwise subpolynomial?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/156
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 943 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/943)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:09:40.665Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:10:03.603Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:10:59.306Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For every natural n, the number of ordered powerful-summand representations of n is at most n+1, the size of…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/156?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:10:03.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For every natural n, the number of ordered powerful-summand representations of n is at most n+1, the size of the full additive antidiagonal.**

**Scope.**

The exact ambient counting bound for every natural fiber of the ordered powerful-summand representation function.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos943AmbientRepresentationBound.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.NatAntidiagonal
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Submissions.Erdos943AmbientRepresentationBound.Direct

def Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ∣ n → p ^ 2 ∣ n

noncomputable def sumRep (n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((Finset.antidiagonal n).filter
    (fun pair : ℕ × ℕ => Powerful pair.1 ∧ Powerful pair.2)).card

theorem proof : ∀ n : ℕ, sumRep n ≤ n + 1 := by
  intro n
  classical
  unfold sumRep
  exact (Finset.card_filter_le
    (Finset.antidiagonal n)
    (fun pair : ℕ × ℕ => Powerful pair.1 ∧ Powerful pair.2)).trans_eq
      (Finset.Nat.card_antidiagonal n)

end Submissions.Erdos943AmbientRepresentationBound.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.NatAntidiagonal
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Statements.Erdos943AmbientRepresentationBound

def Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ∣ n → p ^ 2 ∣ n

noncomputable def sumRep (n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((Finset.antidiagonal n).filter
    (fun pair : ℕ × ℕ => Powerful pair.1 ∧ Powerful pair.2)).card

/-- The powerful-sum representations form a subset of the full
additive antidiagonal. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, sumRep n ≤ n + 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos943AmbientRepresentationBound
```

### 1. The number of ordered natural representations n=a+b in which both summands are powerful should be at most n^{…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/156?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:09:40.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The number of ordered natural representations n=a+b in which both summands are powerful should be at most n^{o(1)} pointwise.**

Full local mode. The canonical source builds, and the separately named transcription bridges both ways. Eleven compiled degenerate declarations all red as restatements. The explicit (0,1) antidiagonal witness checks satisfiability under the upstream natural convention. Negation leaves exactly the failure of every exponent function tending to zero. The whole attack proves the exact ambient bound r(n)≤n+1 and then follows the unique squarefull normal form x²y³ into the modern dyadic argument. Current pointwise work obtains r(n)≪ε n^(2/5+ε); second-moment square-sieve methods and coprime reductions do not drive the exponent to zero for the full noncoprime fiber. That exponent-collapse is the root blocker.

**Scope.**

The eventual pointwise subpolynomial bound for ordered additive representations by two powerful naturals, using the upstream convention that includes 0.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.AsymptoticEquivalent
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.NatAntidiagonal
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

open Asymptotics Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos943PowerfulSumRepresentations

/-- A natural number is powerful when every prime divisor occurs at
least to the second power. -/
def Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ∣ n → p ^ 2 ∣ n

/-- Ordered representations of `n` as a sum of two powerful numbers. -/
noncomputable def sumRep (n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((Finset.antidiagonal n).filter
    (fun pair : ℕ × ℕ => Powerful pair.1 ∧ Powerful pair.2)).card

/-- Erdős Problem 943: the number of representations as a sum of two
powerful numbers should have subpolynomial pointwise growth. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ o : ℕ → ℝ, o =o[atTop] (1 : ℕ → ℝ) ∧
    ∀ᶠ n in atTop, (sumRep n : ℝ) ≤ (n : ℝ) ^ (o n)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos943PowerfulSumRepresentations
```

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