# Jig #176: Open

> Do all iterated sum-of-divisors trajectories intersect?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/176
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 412 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/412)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:26:09.878Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:27:41.496Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:29:23.187Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. Equal starting values have intersecting sum-of-divisors trajectories.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/176?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/499eed2d-f2b9-4a2e-be2d-fc6fd27c18dd (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817078449, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:27:41.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Equal starting values have intersecting sum-of-divisors trajectories.**

**Scope.**

The diagonal case m = n.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos412EqualStartsIntersect.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Function
open ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Submissions.Erdos412EqualStartsIntersect.Worker04

theorem proof :
    ∀ m : ℕ, 2 ≤ m →
      ∃ i j : ℕ, ((σ 1)^[i]) m = ((σ 1)^[j]) m := by
  intro m _
  exact ⟨0, 0, rfl⟩

end Submissions.Erdos412EqualStartsIntersect.Worker04
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Function
open ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Statements.Erdos412EqualStartsIntersect

/-- Equal starting values have intersecting sum-of-divisors trajectories. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ m : ℕ, 2 ≤ m →
    ∃ i j : ℕ, ((σ 1)^[i]) m = ((σ 1)^[j]) m

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos412EqualStartsIntersect
```

### 2. The sum-of-divisors trajectory from two reaches three in one step.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/176?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a9646b21-9e1d-4e8b-8d1a-a71a7ce1f6a7 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816986916, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:26:24.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The sum-of-divisors trajectory from two reaches three in one step.**

**Scope.**

Single concrete transition.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos412TwoReachesThree.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc
import Mathlib.Tactic

open ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Submissions.Erdos412TwoReachesThree.Worker04Smoke

theorem proof : (σ 1) 2 = 3 := by
  norm_num [ArithmeticFunction.sigma_apply]

end Submissions.Erdos412TwoReachesThree.Worker04Smoke
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Statements.Erdos412TwoReachesThree

/-- The sum-of-divisors trajectory from two reaches three in one step. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (σ 1) 2 = 3

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos412TwoReachesThree
```

### 1. For every m,n at least two, do some iterates of the sum-of-divisors map at m and n coincide?

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/176?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:26:09.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every m,n at least two, do some iterates of the sum-of-divisors map at m and n coincide?**

The source calls sigma itself the first iterate, while Function.iterate admits exponent zero. This is equivalent: applying sigma to any zero-index meeting produces a meeting with both indices positive; the fleet checks that lift.

**Scope.**

All natural m,n at least two.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Function
open ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Statements.Erdos412SigmaOrbitsIntersect

/-- Erdős Problem 412: any two sum-of-divisors trajectories eventually intersect. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ m : ℕ, 2 ≤ m → ∀ n : ℕ, 2 ≤ n →
    ∃ i j : ℕ, ((σ 1)^[i]) m = ((σ 1)^[j]) n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos412SigmaOrbitsIntersect
```

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