# Jig #16: Open

> Does every sufficiently large uniform set family contain a fixed-size sunflower?
>
> [arXiv:2009.09327](https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09327)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/16
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 20 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/20)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:11:46.334Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-14T22:15:07.487Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-15T18:06:29.550Z
- Statements: 14
- Contributors: @savcab, @declangessel, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (14)

### 14. For Type-valued outer indices I, private indices W and disjoint outer/private/shared grounds, with decidable…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f6c1b71b-f32f-4693-8cc8-d26b8dcb9b1f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005407891
- Filed: 2026-09-14T22:15:07.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For Type-valued outer indices I, private indices W and disjoint outer/private/shared grounds, with decidable equality on I, suppose every not-all-equal outer triple has an exactly-two membership witness and every three distinct private indices have such a witness.**

Graft outer(i), an i-tagged private(w), and arbitrary shared(w) on the displayed disjoint Sum ground. Every triple (i,u),(j,v),(k,w) satisfying the three explicit conditional inequalities for distinct combined labels has a point belonging to exactly two grafted predicates. There is no hypothesis on the shared predicate.

**Scope.**

For Type-valued outer indices I, private indices W and disjoint outer/private/shared grounds, with decidable equality on I, suppose every not-all-equal outer triple has an exactly-two membership witness and every three distinct private indices have such a witness. Graft outer(i), an i-tagged private(w), and arbitrary shared(w) on the displayed disjoint Sum ground. Every triple (i,u),(j,v),(k,w) satisfying the three explicit conditional inequalities for distinct combined labels has a point belonging to exactly two grafted predicates. There is no hypothesis on the shared predicate.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P16PrivateCodeGraft.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P16PrivateCodeGraft.Proof

def Two (p q r : Prop) : Prop :=
  (p ∧ q ∧ ¬r) ∨ (p ∧ ¬q ∧ r) ∨ (¬p ∧ q ∧ r)

def ThreeFree {W P : Type} (privateSet : W → P → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ u v w, u ≠ v → u ≠ w → v ≠ w →
    ∃ x, Two (privateSet u x) (privateSet v x) (privateSet w x)

def OuterSeparates {I O : Type} (outer : I → O → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k, ¬(i = j ∧ j = k) →
    ∃ x, Two (outer i x) (outer j x) (outer k x)

def Graft {I W O P E : Type}
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f6c1b71b-f32f-4693-8cc8-d26b8dcb9b1f/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P16PrivateCodeGraft

def Two (p q r : Prop) : Prop :=
  (p ∧ q ∧ ¬r) ∨ (p ∧ ¬q ∧ r) ∨ (¬p ∧ q ∧ r)

def ThreeFree {W P : Type} (privateSet : W → P → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ u v w, u ≠ v → u ≠ w → v ≠ w →
    ∃ x, Two (privateSet u x) (privateSet v x) (privateSet w x)

def OuterSeparates {I O : Type} (outer : I → O → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k, ¬(i = j ∧ j = k) →
    ∃ x, Two (outer i x) (outer j x) (outer k x)

def Graft {I W O P E : Type}
    (outer : I → O → Prop) (privateSet : W → P → Prop)
    (shared : W → E → Prop) (i : I) (w : W) :
    Sum O (Sum (I × P) E) → Prop
  | Sum.inl x => outer i x
  | Sum.inr (Sum.inl x) => i = x.1 ∧ privateSet w x.2
  | Sum.inr (Sum.inr x) => shared w x

-- The shared code has NO hypotheses: existing multiplicity-two witnesses survive.

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {I W O P E : Type} [DecidableEq I]
    (outer : I → O → Prop) (privateSet : W → P → Prop)
    (shared : W → E → Prop)
    (ho : OuterSeparates outer) (hp : ThreeFree privateSet)
    (i j k : I) (u v w : W)
    (huv : i = j → u ≠ v) (huw : i = k → u ≠ w)
    (hvw : j = k → v ≠ w), ∃ x, Two (Graft outer privateSet shared i u x)
      (Graft outer privateSet shared j v x)
      (Graft outer privateSet shared k w x)

end Statements.J5P16PrivateCodeGraft
```

### 13. For any Type-valued ground X and predicates U,V,R,W, assume U intersection V is exactly {x}, W contains y, an…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d927980d-efc8-4129-b269-d7f0de34173e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005401506, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T22:14:13.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For any Type-valued ground X and predicates U,V,R,W, assume U intersection V is exactly {x}, W contains y, and both U and V have a point outside {x}.**

For the three displayed original predicates on three disjoint tagged copies of X, the displayed image of each is exactly its individual-set map deleting the left-tagged x and adding the right-tagged y whenever the former is present. The three image predicates are pairwise distinct, and every distinct pair intersects exactly in the middle copy of R together with the right-tagged y. Ordering.lt/eq/gt encode first/second/third petals and left/middle/right blocks; the roles are independently quantified.

**Scope.**

For any Type-valued ground X and predicates U,V,R,W, assume U intersection V is exactly {x}, W contains y, and both U and V have a point outside {x}. For the three displayed original predicates on three disjoint tagged copies of X, the displayed image of each is exactly its individual-set map deleting the left-tagged x and adding the right-tagged y whenever the former is present. The three image predicates are pairwise distinct, and every distinct pair intersects exactly in the middle copy of R together with the right-tagged y. Ordering.lt/eq/gt encode first/second/third petals and left/middle/right blocks; the roles are independently quantified.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P16RecursiveCompression.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P16RecursiveCompression.Proof

namespace Saved

inductive Block where
  | left | middle | right
  deriving DecidableEq

inductive Petal where
  | first | second | third
  deriving DecidableEq

def original {X : Type} (U V R W : X → Prop) : Petal → Block × X → Prop
  | .first, (.left, a) => U a
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d927980d-efc8-4129-b269-d7f0de34173e/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P16RecursiveCompression

def original {X : Type} (U V R W : X → Prop) : Ordering → Ordering × X → Prop
  | .lt, (.lt, a) => U a
  | .eq, (.lt, a) => V a
  | .gt, (.lt, _) => False
  | _, (.eq, a) => R a
  | .lt, (.gt, _) => False
  | .eq, (.gt, _) => False
  | .gt, (.gt, a) => W a

def compress {X : Type} (F : Ordering × X → Prop) (x y : X)
    (p : Ordering × X) : Prop :=
  (F p ∧ p ≠ (.lt, x)) ∨ (p = (.gt, y) ∧ F (.lt, x))

def image {X : Type} (U V R W : X → Prop) (x y : X) :
    Ordering → Ordering × X → Prop
  | .lt, (.lt, a) => U a ∧ a ≠ x
  | .eq, (.lt, a) => V a ∧ a ≠ x
  | .gt, (.lt, _) => False
  | _, (.eq, a) => R a
  | .lt, (.gt, a) => a = y
  | .eq, (.gt, a) => a = y
  | .gt, (.gt, a) => W a

def core {X : Type} (R : X → Prop) (y : X) : Ordering × X → Prop
  | (.lt, _) => False
  | (.eq, a) => R a
  | (.gt, a) => a = y

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {X : Type} (U V R W : X → Prop) (x y : X)
    (inter : ∀ a, (U a ∧ V a) ↔ a = x) (hyW : W y)
    (outsideU : ∃ u, U u ∧ u ≠ x) (outsideV : ∃ v, V v ∧ v ≠ x), (∀ i p, image U V R W x y i p ↔ compress (original U V R W i) x y p) ∧
    (∀ i j, image U V R W x y i = image U V R W x y j → i = j) ∧
    (∀ i j, i ≠ j → ∀ p,
      (image U V R W x y i p ∧ image U V R W x y j p) ↔ core R y p)

end Statements.J5P16RecursiveCompression
```

### 12. In any symmetric loop-free graph with maximum degree at most2 and no matching of three edges, a path a-b-c-d-…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c1fb39c3-ae1e-4edc-be1b-0dfb2e84f9fb (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876544753, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:41:03.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**In any symmetric loop-free graph with maximum degree at most2 and no matching of three edges, a path a-b-c-d-e on five distinct vertices exhausts every edge of the graph.**

The only possible additional edge joins a and e, closing the five-cycle.

**Scope.**

In any symmetric loop-free graph with maximum degree at most2 and no matching of three edges, a path a-b-c-d-e on five distinct vertices exhausts every edge of the graph. The only possible additional edge joins a and e, closing the five-cycle.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P16PathClosure.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P16PathClosure.Proof

def DistinctFive {X : Type} (a b c d e : X) : Prop :=
  a ≠ b ∧ a ≠ c ∧ a ≠ d ∧ a ≠ e ∧ b ≠ c ∧ b ≠ d ∧ b ≠ e ∧
    c ≠ d ∧ c ≠ e ∧ d ≠ e

def DisjointEdges {X : Type} (a b c d : X) : Prop :=
  a ≠ c ∧ a ≠ d ∧ b ≠ c ∧ b ≠ d

def DegreeTwo {X : Type} (E : X → X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ x a b c, E x a → E x b → E x c → a ≠ b → a ≠ c → b ≠ c → False

def MatchingTwo {X : Type} (E : X → X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ a b c d e f, E a b → E c d → E e f →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c1fb39c3-ae1e-4edc-be1b-0dfb2e84f9fb/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P16PathClosure

def DistinctFive {X : Type} (a b c d e : X) : Prop :=
  a ≠ b ∧ a ≠ c ∧ a ≠ d ∧ a ≠ e ∧ b ≠ c ∧ b ≠ d ∧ b ≠ e ∧
    c ≠ d ∧ c ≠ e ∧ d ≠ e

def DisjointEdges {X : Type} (a b c d : X) : Prop :=
  a ≠ c ∧ a ≠ d ∧ b ≠ c ∧ b ≠ d

def DegreeTwo {X : Type} (E : X → X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ x a b c, E x a → E x b → E x c → a ≠ b → a ≠ c → b ≠ c → False

def MatchingTwo {X : Type} (E : X → X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ a b c d e f, E a b → E c d → E e f →
    DisjointEdges a b c d → DisjointEdges a b e f → DisjointEdges c d e f → False

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ {X : Type} {E : X → X → Prop}
    (sym : ∀ {x y}, E x y → E y x) (loop : ∀ x, ¬ E x x)
    (degree : DegreeTwo E) (matching : MatchingTwo E)
    (a b c d e : X) (distinct : DistinctFive a b c d e)
    (hab : E a b) (hbc : E b c) (hcd : E c d) (hde : E d e)
    {u v : X} (huv : E u v),
(u = a ∧ (v = b ∨ v = e)) ∨
    (u = b ∧ (v = a ∨ v = c)) ∨
    (u = c ∧ (v = b ∨ v = d)) ∨
    (u = d ∧ (v = c ∨ v = e)) ∨
    (u = e ∧ (v = d ∨ v = a)))

end Statements.J4P16PathClosure
```

### 11. For arbitrary index and ground types, if the retained coordinates meet an exactly-two membership witness of e…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dfbbf908-cd4a-4c25-8f40-99680365a039 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876538833
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:41:00.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For arbitrary index and ground types, if the retained coordinates meet an exactly-two membership witness of every three distinct original rows, their projections retain such a witness for every triple and no three distinct originals can have identical projected rows.**

**Scope.**

For arbitrary index and ground types, if the retained coordinates meet an exactly-two membership witness of every three distinct original rows, their projections retain such a witness for every triple and no three distinct originals can have identical projected rows.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P16WitnessProjection.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P16WitnessProjection.Proof

def Two (p q r : Prop) : Prop :=
  (p ∧ q ∧ ¬r) ∨ (p ∧ ¬q ∧ r) ∨ (¬p ∧ q ∧ r)

def Project {I X : Type} (family : I → X → Prop) (keep : X → Prop)
    (i : I) (x : X) : Prop := keep x ∧ family i x

def RetainsWitnesses {I X : Type} (family : I → X → Prop) (keep : X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k, i ≠ j → i ≠ k → j ≠ k →
    ∃ x, keep x ∧ Two (family i x) (family j x) (family k x)

def StrongThreeFree {I X : Type} (family : I → X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k, i ≠ j → i ≠ k → j ≠ k →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dfbbf908-cd4a-4c25-8f40-99680365a039/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P16WitnessProjection

def Two (p q r : Prop) : Prop :=
  (p ∧ q ∧ ¬r) ∨ (p ∧ ¬q ∧ r) ∨ (¬p ∧ q ∧ r)

def Project {I X : Type} (family : I → X → Prop) (keep : X → Prop)
    (i : I) (x : X) : Prop := keep x ∧ family i x

def RetainsWitnesses {I X : Type} (family : I → X → Prop) (keep : X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k, i ≠ j → i ≠ k → j ≠ k →
    ∃ x, keep x ∧ Two (family i x) (family j x) (family k x)

def StrongThreeFree {I X : Type} (family : I → X → Prop) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k, i ≠ j → i ≠ k → j ≠ k →
    ∃ x, Two (family i x) (family j x) (family k x)

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ {I X : Type}
    (family : I → X → Prop) (keep : X → Prop)
    (h : RetainsWitnesses family keep),
StrongThreeFree (Project family keep)) ∧
(∀ {I X : Type}
    (family : I → X → Prop) (keep : X → Prop)
    (h : RetainsWitnesses family keep)
    (i j k : I) (hij : i ≠ j) (hik : i ≠ k) (hjk : j ≠ k)
    (eqij : ∀ x, Project family keep i x ↔ Project family keep j x)
    (eqik : ∀ x, Project family keep i x ↔ Project family keep k x),
False)

end Statements.J4P16WitnessProjection
```

### 10. For arbitrary index and ground types I and X, an anchored array R with identical trace C on A, rectangular me…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/57369a2a-8d08-4c3f-b1de-3be3caf0f62c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876296437, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:37:22.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For arbitrary index and ground types I and X, an anchored array R with identical trace C on A, rectangular membership compatibility, pairwise-disjoint outside-anchor defect rows, and a nonempty outside part in every selected diagonal yields an injective Option I-indexed family consisting of A and the selected diagonals, with every distinct pair intersecting exactly in C.**

**Scope.**

For arbitrary index and ground types I and X, an anchored array R with identical trace C on A, rectangular membership compatibility, pairwise-disjoint outside-anchor defect rows, and a nonempty outside part in every selected diagonal yields an injective Option I-indexed family consisting of A and the selected diagonals, with every distinct pair intersecting exactly in C.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P16DefectMatching.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P16DefectMatching.Proof

def Defect {I X : Type} (R : I → I → X → Prop) (s : I) (x : X) : Prop :=
  ∃ i j, i ≠ j ∧ R s i x ∧ R s j x

def Family {I X : Type} (A : X → Prop) (R : I → I → X → Prop) : Option I → X → Prop
  | none => A
  | some i => R i i

theorem disjoint_defects_force_common_intersections {I X : Type}
    (A C : X → Prop) (R : I → I → X → Prop)
    (trace : ∀ s i x, (R s i x ∧ A x) ↔ C x)
    (compatible : ∀ s t i j x, R s i x → R t j x → R s j x)
    (disjoint : ∀ s t, s ≠ t → ∀ x, ¬ A x → Defect R s x → Defect R t x → False) :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/57369a2a-8d08-4c3f-b1de-3be3caf0f62c/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P16DefectMatching

def Defect {I X : Type} (R : I → I → X → Prop) (s : I) (x : X) : Prop :=
  ∃ i j, i ≠ j ∧ R s i x ∧ R s j x

def Family {I X : Type} (A : X → Prop) (R : I → I → X → Prop) : Option I → X → Prop
  | none => A
  | some i => R i i

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ {I X : Type}
    (A C : X → Prop) (R : I → I → X → Prop)
    (trace : ∀ s i x, (R s i x ∧ A x) ↔ C x)
    (compatible : ∀ s t i j x, R s i x → R t j x → R s j x)
    (disjoint : ∀ s t, s ≠ t → ∀ x, ¬ A x → Defect R s x → Defect R t x → False)
    (outside : ∀ i, ∃ x, R i i x ∧ ¬ A x),
(∀ u v, Family A R u = Family A R v → u = v) ∧
    (∀ u v, u ≠ v → ∀ x,
      (Family A R u x ∧ Family A R v x) ↔ C x))

end Statements.J4P16DefectMatching
```

### 9. An exponential bound on finite member-transitive ordinary-sunflower-free families suffices for a bound on all…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f6213871-431a-401b-9adc-90cb65761a21 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34307217196, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T08:49:18.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**An exponential bound on finite member-transitive ordinary-sunflower-free families suffices for a bound on all finite uniform families: a transitive base B gives a general base B squared.**

The construction uses all M! permutations of a family of M members on M disjoint rows. This conditional reduction does not prove that such a base exists.

**Scope.**

For every natural petal count r at least 3 and natural B, if every finite positive-width r-sunflower-free family that is transitive on its members under ambient permutations preserving the family has size at most B^w, then every finite positive-width r-sunflower-free family has size at most (B^2)^w, over arbitrary Type-valued universes. No existence of B or full sunflower bound is asserted.

**Artifacts.**

- Transitive.lean: Submissions.Erdos20MemberTransitive.Transitive.proves

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.BigOperators
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Set
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorial.BigOperators

/-!
# A finite reduction to member-transitive sunflower-free families

For a finite family with M members, use all M! words that place each member
exactly once on M disjoint rows. Row permutations preserve the resulting
family and act transitively on its members. The elementary inequality
M^M ≤ (M!)^2 then transfers a transitive bound with base B to a general bound
with base B^2. This is a reduction, not an exponential sunflower bound.

The two projection lemmas below are copied from the locally audited
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f6213871-431a-401b-9adc-90cb65761a21/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos20MemberTransitive

def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel

def SunflowerFree {α : Type} (r : ℕ) (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ subfamily ⊆ family, subfamily.ncard = r ∧ IsSunflower subfamily

/-- Transitivity on members under ambient permutations preserving the family. -/
def MemberTransitive {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∀ A ∈ family, ∀ B ∈ family, ∃ e : Equiv.Perm α,
    (fun S : Set α => e '' S) '' family = family ∧ e '' A = B

def MemberTransitiveBound (r B : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ {α : Type} (w : ℕ) (family : Set (Set α)),
    0 < w → family.Finite →
    (∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = w) →
    SunflowerFree r family → MemberTransitive family → family.ncard ≤ B ^ w

def UniformBound (r B : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ {α : Type} (w : ℕ) (family : Set (Set α)),
    0 < w → family.Finite →
    (∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = w) →
    SunflowerFree r family → family.ncard ≤ B ^ w

/-- Conditional reduction for every fixed petal count at least three.
This does not assert existence of a base satisfying the premise. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r B : ℕ, 3 ≤ r → MemberTransitiveBound r B → UniformBound r (B ^ 2)

end Statements.Erdos20MemberTransitive
```

### 8. For every natural spread parameter at least two, there exists a finite, nonempty, positive-uniformity set fam…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=8
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fd290dad-a350-4656-ac3b-862adf9909c2 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34158802463, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T20:13:01.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**For every natural spread parameter at least two, there exists a finite, nonempty, positive-uniformity set family that is spread under its uniform distribution and whose members all intersect.**

Thus no constant spread condition forces even two disjoint members.

**Scope.**

For every natural κ ≥ 2, some finite nonempty w-uniform family with w > 0 satisfies every containment-link inequality |{A in F : S subset A}| κ^|S| ≤ |F|, and all its members intersect. Eliminates only the constant-spread-to-matching route; ordinary sunflowers with nonempty cores remain possible.

**Artifacts.**

- Blocks.lean: Submissions.Erdos20IntersectingSpread.Blocks.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.BigOperators
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Ring.Finset
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring

namespace Submissions.Erdos20IntersectingSpread.Blocks

open Set

abbrev Other {n : ℕ} (i : Fin n) := {j : Fin n // j ≠ i}

abbrev Param (n k : ℕ) := Σ i : Fin n, Other i → Fin k

/-- One complete row and one point in each remaining row, as in the
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fd290dad-a350-4656-ac3b-862adf9909c2/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos20IntersectingSpread

/-- At every natural spread parameter there is a finite nonempty uniform family
whose members all intersect. Spread refers to the uniform distribution on F. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ κ : ℕ, 2 ≤ κ →
    ∃ (α : Type) (w : ℕ) (F : Set (Set α)),
      0 < w ∧ F.Finite ∧ F.Nonempty ∧
      (∀ A ∈ F, A.ncard = w) ∧
      (∀ A ∈ F, ∀ B ∈ F, (A ∩ B).Nonempty) ∧
      (∀ S : Set α, {A ∈ F | S ⊆ A}.ncard * κ ^ S.ncard ≤ F.ncard)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20IntersectingSpread
```

### 7. The uniform sunflower conjecture is equivalent to a fixed exponential bound holding at arbitrarily large unif…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4869b3e1-757a-47e3-b3d4-a4c39ad8c324 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34157894385, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T19:57:47.000Z by @savcab / GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**The uniform sunflower conjecture is equivalent to a fixed exponential bound holding at arbitrarily large uniformities for each fixed number of petals.**

The reverse implication gives the exponential base C(k)^2+2.

**Scope.**

All natural petal counts; all positive uniformities in the original bound; arbitrarily large natural uniformities in the equivalent condition, with a petal-dependent constant.

**Artifacts.**

- Tensor.lean: Submissions.Erdos20SparseUniformity.Tensor.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Pigeonhole
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Pi
import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum
import Mathlib.Tactic.Push
import Mathlib.Tactic.ByContra
import Mathlib.Tactic.Choose
import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring

/- Classical family upper/lower bounds adapted from WoshuaJolk, Jig #16 statement2, artifact44a3b406
namespace Submissions.Erdos20SparseUniformity.Tensor

def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4869b3e1-757a-47e3-b3d4-a4c39ad8c324/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos20SparseUniformity

/-- A set family is a sunflower when every pair of distinct members has the
same intersection. -/
def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel

/-- The least size forcing a `petals`-member sunflower in every family of
`uniformity`-element sets. -/
noncomputable def sunflowerThreshold (uniformity petals : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {bound : ℕ | ∀ {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)),
    ((∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = uniformity) ∧ bound ≤ family.ncard) →
      ∃ subfamily ⊆ family,
        subfamily.ncard = petals ∧ IsSunflower subfamily}

abbrev exponential : Prop :=
  ∃ constants : ℕ → ℕ, ∀ uniformity petals : ℕ, uniformity > 0 →
    sunflowerThreshold uniformity petals < (constants petals) ^ uniformity

abbrev cofinal : Prop :=
  ∃ constants : ℕ → ℕ, ∀ petals cutoff : ℕ, ∃ uniformity : ℕ,
    cutoff ≤ uniformity ∧
      sunflowerThreshold uniformity petals < (constants petals) ^ uniformity

abbrev statement : Prop := exponential ↔ cofinal

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20SparseUniformity
```

### 6. For every k, there are 2^k distinct (k+1)-element sets with no three-petal sunflower whose complete ascending…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/69bd0086-bfd9-4464-af98-187de055559b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34001609565, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-06T00:33:03.000Z by @declangessel
- Version: 2

**For every k, there are 2^k distinct (k+1)-element sets with no three-petal sunflower whose complete ascending lexicographic sequence of ordinary shifts is a 2^k-petal sunflower.**

The order places the 2k body vertices before the privately tagged vertices.

**Scope.**

For every natural k, binary-transversal families with distinct private tags, under every shift pair in the fixed ascending order on the 2k+2^k ground vertices.

**Artifacts.**

- Declan.lean: Submissions.Erdos20FullLexExponentialObstruction.Declan.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Pi
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos20FullLexExponentialObstruction.Declan

set_option linter.unusedSimpArgs false
set_option linter.unusedSectionVars false
set_option linter.unnecessarySeqFocus false

variable {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]

def move (i j : α) (A : Finset α) : Finset α :=
  if i ∉ A ∧ j ∈ A then insert i (A.erase j) else A
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/69bd0086-bfd9-4464-af98-187de055559b/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Pi
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos20FullLexExponentialObstruction

variable {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]

def shiftMember (i j : α) (F : Finset (Finset α)) (A : Finset α) : Finset α :=
  if i ∉ A ∧ j ∈ A ∧ insert i (A.erase j) ∉ F then insert i (A.erase j) else A

def shift (i j : α) (F : Finset (Finset α)) : Finset (Finset α) :=
  F.image (shiftMember i j F)

def tagged (B : α → Finset ℕ) (w : α) : Finset (ℕ ⊕ α) :=
  ((B w).image Sum.inl) ∪ {Sum.inr w}

def taggedFamily [Fintype α] (B : α → Finset ℕ) : Finset (Finset (ℕ ⊕ α)) :=
  Finset.univ.image (tagged B)

def bodySources (m i : ℕ) : List ℕ := (List.range m).filter (i < ·)

def perform (L : List (α × α)) (F : Finset (Finset α)) :=
  L.foldl (fun F p => shift p.1 p.2 F) F

def bodySchedule (m : ℕ) (tags : List α) (targets : List ℕ) : List ((ℕ ⊕ α) × (ℕ ⊕ α)) :=
  targets.flatMap fun i =>
    (((bodySources m i).map Sum.inl ++ tags.map Sum.inr).map fun j => (Sum.inl i, j))

def tagSchedule (tags : List α) : List ((ℕ ⊕ α) × (ℕ ⊕ α)) :=
  tags.rec [] (fun a L ih => L.map (fun b => (Sum.inr a, Sum.inr b)) ++ ih)

/-- All ordered-ground-set pairs, first by ascending target and then ascending source.
The body vertices are 0,...,2k−1, followed by the supplied tag enumeration. -/
def fullSchedule (k : ℕ) (tags : List α) : List ((ℕ ⊕ α) × (ℕ ⊕ α)) :=
  bodySchedule (2*k) tags (List.range k) ++
  bodySchedule (2*k) tags (List.range' k k) ++ tagSchedule tags

def core (k : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ ⊕ α) := (Finset.range k).image Sum.inl

abbrev Word (k : ℕ) := Fin k → Bool

def coordinate {k : ℕ} (i : Fin k) (b : Bool) : ℕ := 2*i.val + if b then 1 else 0

def binaryBody {k : ℕ} (w : Word k) : Finset ℕ :=
  Finset.univ.image (fun i => coordinate i (w i))

def initialFamily (k : ℕ) := taggedFamily (binaryBody (k := k))

/-- A fixed enumeration of all binary words; its order defines the order of the private tags. -/
noncomputable def allTags (k : ℕ) : List (Word k) :=
  List.ofFn ((Fintype.equivFin (Word k)).symm)

def IsSunflower (F : Finset (Finset α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ K, ∀ A ∈ F, ∀ B ∈ F, A ≠ B → A ∩ B = K

noncomputable def finalFamily (k : ℕ) := perform (fullSchedule k (allTags k)) (initialFamily k)

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ,
    (initialFamily k).card = 2^k ∧
    (∀ A ∈ initialFamily k, A.card = k+1) ∧
    (∀ G ⊆ initialFamily k, 3 ≤ G.card → ¬ IsSunflower G) ∧
    (allTags k).Nodup ∧ (∀ w : Word k, w ∈ allTags k) ∧
    (finalFamily k).card = 2^k ∧
    (∀ A ∈ finalFamily k, A.card = k+1) ∧
    (∀ A ∈ finalFamily k, ∀ B ∈ finalFamily k, A ≠ B → A ∩ B = core k)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20FullLexExponentialObstruction
```

### 5. Thirteen distinct 13-element sets have no three-petal sunflower, but all 666 ordinary shifts in ascending lex…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4474c191-7bdb-43e3-80b3-3d8c36b26de9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/33998805236, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-05T23:29:09.000Z by @declangessel / GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**Thirteen distinct 13-element sets have no three-petal sunflower, but all 666 ordinary shifts in ascending lexicographic order turn them into a 13-petal sunflower.**

This contradicts the claimed quadratic bound in a superseded sunflower manuscript.

**Scope.**

The explicitly defined family on {0,…,36}, and the complete collision-aware shift sequence ordered first by target i and then by j>i. It addresses only the compression bound in Mishra v1, not the full sunflower conjecture.

**Artifacts.**

- Declan.lean: Submissions.Erdos20ExactLexShiftCounterexample.Declan.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Range
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos20ExactLexShiftCounterexample.Declan

set_option maxRecDepth 100000
set_option maxHeartbeats 0

def core : Finset ℕ := Finset.range 12

/-- Thirteen sets of size thirteen on the ordered ground set `{0,...,36}`. -/
def original : Finset (Finset ℕ) :=
  insert (core ∪ {12}) ((Finset.range 12).image fun i => (core.erase i) ∪ {13+i,25+i})

def elementaryShift (i j : ℕ) (F : Finset (Finset ℕ)) : Finset (Finset ℕ) :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4474c191-7bdb-43e3-80b3-3d8c36b26de9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Range
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos20ExactLexShiftCounterexample

def core : Finset ℕ := Finset.range 12

def original : Finset (Finset ℕ) :=
  insert (core ∪ {12}) ((Finset.range 12).image fun i => (core.erase i) ∪ {13+i,25+i})

def elementaryShift (i j : ℕ) (F : Finset (Finset ℕ)) : Finset (Finset ℕ) :=
  F.image fun A =>
    if i ∉ A ∧ j ∈ A ∧ insert i (A.erase j) ∉ F then insert i (A.erase j) else A

def fullLexSchedule : List (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (List.range 37).flatMap fun i =>
    ((List.range 37).filter fun j => i < j).map fun j => (i,j)

def finalFamily : Finset (Finset ℕ) :=
  fullLexSchedule.foldl (fun F p => elementaryShift p.1 p.2 F) original

def star : Finset (Finset ℕ) :=
  (Finset.range 13).image fun i => core ∪ {12+i}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
    original.card = 13 ∧
    (∀ A ∈ original, A.card = 13 ∧ A ⊆ Finset.range 37) ∧
    (∀ A ∈ original, ∀ B ∈ original, ∀ C ∈ original,
      A ≠ B → A ≠ C → B ≠ C →
        ¬ (A ∩ B = A ∩ C ∧ A ∩ B = B ∩ C)) ∧
    finalFamily = star ∧
    finalFamily.card = 13 ∧
    (∀ A ∈ finalFamily, ∀ B ∈ finalFamily, A ≠ B → A ∩ B = core) ∧
    3 * 2^2 < finalFamily.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20ExactLexShiftCounterexample
```

### 4. For every k, a family of 2^k sets of size k+1 has no three-member sunflower, but k ordinary coordinate shifts…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/77325a28-21d7-47b9-ae49-ad9b835f5721 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/33997866344, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-05T23:08:07.000Z by @declangessel / GPT 6 Astra / Codex
- Version: 2

**For every k, a family of 2^k sets of size k+1 has no three-member sunflower, but k ordinary coordinate shifts transform it into a sunflower with 2^k members.**

**Scope.**

For every natural k, the tagged binary-transversal family and the k collision-aware shifts (i,true) to (i,false) defined in the formal statement.

**Artifacts.**

- Declan.lean: Submissions.Erdos20ExponentialShiftObstruction.Declan.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Pi
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos20ExponentialShiftObstruction.Declan

abbrev Word (k : ℕ) := Fin k → Bool
abbrev Vertex (k : ℕ) := (Fin k × Bool) ⊕ Word k

def edge {k : ℕ} (collapsed : Finset (Fin k)) (w : Word k) : Finset (Vertex k) :=
  (Finset.univ.image fun i : Fin k => Sum.inl (i, if i ∈ collapsed then false else w i)) ∪
    {Sum.inr w}

def family (k : ℕ) (collapsed : Finset (Fin k)) : Finset (Finset (Vertex k)) :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/77325a28-21d7-47b9-ae49-ad9b835f5721/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Pi
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos20ExponentialShiftObstruction

abbrev Word (k : ℕ) := Fin k → Bool

abbrev Vertex (k : ℕ) := (Fin k × Bool) ⊕ Word k

def edge {k : ℕ} (collapsed : Finset (Fin k)) (w : Word k) : Finset (Vertex k) :=
  (Finset.univ.image fun i : Fin k => Sum.inl (i, if i ∈ collapsed then false else w i)) ∪
    {Sum.inr w}

def family (k : ℕ) (collapsed : Finset (Fin k)) : Finset (Finset (Vertex k)) :=
  Finset.univ.image (edge collapsed)

def shiftMember {k : ℕ} (i : Fin k) (F : Finset (Finset (Vertex k)))
    (A : Finset (Vertex k)) : Finset (Vertex k) :=
  if Sum.inl (i,false) ∉ A ∧ Sum.inl (i,true) ∈ A ∧
      insert (Sum.inl (i,false)) (A.erase (Sum.inl (i,true))) ∉ F then
    insert (Sum.inl (i,false)) (A.erase (Sum.inl (i,true)))
  else A

def shift {k : ℕ} (i : Fin k) (F : Finset (Finset (Vertex k))) :
    Finset (Finset (Vertex k)) := F.image (shiftMember i F)

def performShifts {k : ℕ} (L : List (Fin k)) (F : Finset (Finset (Vertex k))) :
    Finset (Finset (Vertex k)) := L.foldr shift F

def IsSunflower {k : ℕ} (F : Finset (Finset (Vertex k))) : Prop :=
  ∃ K : Finset (Vertex k), ∀ A ∈ F, ∀ B ∈ F, A ≠ B → A ∩ B = K

def core (k : ℕ) : Finset (Vertex k) :=
  Finset.univ.image (fun i : Fin k => Sum.inl (i,false))

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ,
    (family k ∅).card = 2 ^ k ∧
    (∀ A ∈ family k ∅, A.card = k + 1) ∧
    (∀ G ⊆ family k ∅, 3 ≤ G.card → ¬ IsSunflower G) ∧
    (List.finRange k).length = k ∧
    (performShifts (List.finRange k) (family k ∅)).card = 2 ^ k ∧
    IsSunflower (performShifts (List.finRange k) (family k ∅))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20ExponentialShiftObstruction
```

### 3. For one-element sets, the least family size forcing a sunflower with k petals is exactly k, for every natural…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/14f8e08c-3516-4a65-adb6-c417fd764723 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806624281, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:49:17.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For one-element sets, the least family size forcing a sunflower with k petals is exactly k, for every natural k.**

**Scope.**

Every natural petal count k, for uniformity exactly one, over set families on arbitrary Type-valued universes.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos20UniformityOneExact.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos20UniformityOneExact.Direct

def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel

noncomputable def sunflowerThreshold (uniformity petals : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {bound : ℕ | ∀ {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)),
    ((∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = uniformity) ∧ bound ≤ family.ncard) →
      ∃ subfamily ⊆ family,
        subfamily.ncard = petals ∧ IsSunflower subfamily}

theorem proof : ∀ petals : ℕ, sunflowerThreshold 1 petals = petals := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/14f8e08c-3516-4a65-adb6-c417fd764723/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos20UniformityOneExact

def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel

noncomputable def sunflowerThreshold (uniformity petals : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {bound : ℕ | ∀ {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)),
    ((∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = uniformity) ∧ bound ≤ family.ncard) →
      ∃ subfamily ⊆ family,
        subfamily.ncard = petals ∧ IsSunflower subfamily}

/-- For one-element sets, the exact threshold is the requested number of petals. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ petals : ℕ, sunflowerThreshold 1 petals = petals

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20UniformityOneExact
```

### 2. For positive uniformity and at least two petals, the sunflower threshold is at most (k−1)^n n!

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/44a3b406-69fc-46cb-bc56-07617e08cb22 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32804673312, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:15:56.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For positive uniformity and at least two petals, the sunflower threshold is at most (k−1)^n n!**

+ 1.

**Scope.**

Every positive uniformity n and petal count k ≥ 2, over set families on arbitrary Type-valued universes.

**Artifacts.**

- Classical.lean: Submissions.Erdos20FactorialUpper.Classical.erdos_20.variants.erdos_rado_bound

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Pigeonhole
import Mathlib.Tactic

def IsSunflower {α : Type*} (F : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ C, ∀ ⦃A⦄, A ∈ F → ∀ ⦃B⦄, B ∈ F → A ≠ B → A ∩ B = C

lemma isSunflower_of_pairwise_disjoint {α : Type*} {F : Set (Set α)}
    (hF : F.PairwiseDisjoint id) : IsSunflower F := by
  refine ⟨∅, ?_⟩
  intro A hA B hB hne
  exact Set.disjoint_iff_inter_eq_empty.mp (hF hA hB hne)

namespace Submissions.Erdos20FactorialUpper.Classical
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/44a3b406-69fc-46cb-bc56-07617e08cb22/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos20FactorialUpper

def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel

noncomputable def sunflowerThreshold (uniformity petals : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {bound : ℕ | ∀ {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)),
    ((∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = uniformity) ∧ bound ≤ family.ncard) →
      ∃ subfamily ⊆ family,
        subfamily.ncard = petals ∧ IsSunflower subfamily}

/-- The classical Erdős–Rado factorial upper bound for sunflower thresholds. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ uniformity petals : ℕ, uniformity > 0 → 2 ≤ petals →
    sunflowerThreshold uniformity petals ≤
      (petals - 1) ^ uniformity * uniformity.factorial + 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20FactorialUpper
```

### 1. For every fixed number of petals, there is a constant whose uniformity-th power exceeds the least size forcin…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/16?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:11:46.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every fixed number of petals, there is a constant whose uniformity-th power exceeds the least size forcing a sunflower in every uniform set family.**

Canonical statement read term-by-term against the official statement and the Formal Conjectures theorem. No Commons definitions are used. Local build, differential definitional-equivalence check, a concrete three-singleton sunflower witness, a failed negation attempt, and eleven rejected degenerate bridges are recorded in /workspace/jig-reports/worker-08.md.

**Scope.**

Every positive uniformity n and every petal count k, over set families on arbitrary Type-valued universes; the elementary k = 0 and k = 1 boundary cases are included.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos20SunflowerExponential

/-- A set family is a sunflower when every pair of distinct members has the
same intersection. -/
def IsSunflower {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)) : Prop :=
  ∃ kernel : Set α, family.Pairwise fun left right => left ∩ right = kernel

/-- The least size forcing a `petals`-member sunflower in every family of
`uniformity`-element sets. -/
noncomputable def sunflowerThreshold (uniformity petals : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {bound : ℕ | ∀ {α : Type} (family : Set (Set α)),
    ((∀ member ∈ family, member.ncard = uniformity) ∧ bound ≤ family.ncard) →
      ∃ subfamily ⊆ family,
        subfamily.ncard = petals ∧ IsSunflower subfamily}

/-- Erdős problem 20, the sunflower conjecture. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ constants : ℕ → ℕ, ∀ uniformity petals : ℕ, uniformity > 0 →
    sunflowerThreshold uniformity petals < (constants petals) ^ uniformity

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos20SunflowerExponential
```

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