# Jig #157: Open

> Do Fabry-gap entire functions assume every value infinitely often?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/157
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 517 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/517)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:09:42.832Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:09:55.106Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:14:03.571Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The explicit quadratic exponent sequence n_k=k² satisfies the exact Fabry-gap hypothesis.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/157?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:09:55.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The explicit quadratic exponent sequence n_k=k² satisfies the exact Fabry-gap hypothesis.**

**Scope.**

The natural sequence k↦k²

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos517SquareExponentsFabry.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Archimedean
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos517SquareExponentsFabry.Worker01

open Filter

def squareExponents (k : ℕ) : ℕ := k * k

def HasFabryGaps (n : ℕ → ℕ) : Prop :=
  StrictMono n ∧ Tendsto (fun k ↦ n k / (k : ℝ)) atTop atTop

theorem proof : HasFabryGaps squareExponents := by
  constructor
  · intro a b hab
    exact Nat.mul_self_lt_mul_self hab
  · have heq :
        (fun k : ℕ ↦ (squareExponents k : ℝ) / (k : ℝ)) =
          fun k : ℕ ↦ (k : ℝ) := by
      funext k
      simp only [squareExponents, Nat.cast_mul]
      by_cases hk : k = 0
      · simp [hk]
      · field_simp
    rw [heq]
    exact tendsto_natCast_atTop_atTop

end Submissions.Erdos517SquareExponentsFabry.Worker01
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Archimedean

namespace Statements.Erdos517SquareExponentsFabry

open Filter

def squareExponents (k : ℕ) : ℕ := k * k

def HasFabryGaps (n : ℕ → ℕ) : Prop :=
  StrictMono n ∧ Tendsto (fun k ↦ n k / (k : ℝ)) atTop atTop

/-- Quadratic exponents satisfy the exact Fabry-gap hypothesis used by
Erdős Problem 517. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  HasFabryGaps squareExponents

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos517SquareExponentsFabry
```

### 1. Does every everywhere-convergent complex power series with nonzero coefficients and strictly increasing expon…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/157?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:09:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Does every everywhere-convergent complex power series with nonzero coefficients and strictly increasing exponents n_k satisfying n_k/k→∞ assume every complex value infinitely often?**

HasFabryGaps is inlined exactly as StrictMono plus n_k/k→∞. HasSum for every complex z is the source notion of the displayed series being entire. Infinite preimage is preserved exactly.

**Scope.**

All complex functions represented everywhere by such a lacunary power series and every target value.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos517FabryEntireSurjectivity

open Filter Set

def HasFabryGaps (n : ℕ → ℕ) : Prop :=
  StrictMono n ∧ Tendsto (fun k ↦ n k / (k : ℝ)) atTop atTop

/-- Erdős Problem 517 (Fejér–Pólya): an everywhere-convergent power series
with nonzero coefficients and Fabry gaps assumes every complex value
infinitely often. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {f : ℂ → ℂ} {n : ℕ → ℕ}, HasFabryGaps n →
    ∀ {a : ℕ → ℂ}, (∀ k, a k ≠ 0) →
      (∀ z, HasSum (fun k ↦ a k * z ^ n k) (f z)) →
        ∀ z : ℂ, {x : ℂ | f x = z}.Infinite

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos517FabryEntireSurjectivity
```

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