# Jig #181: Open

> Primes avoiding prime factorial differences.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/181
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1059 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1059)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:28:27.301Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:30:20.709Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:34:41.754Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. The prime 101 has composite difference from every factorial value below it.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/181?s=2
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/42c39640-ac20-497a-b235-429c17e30169 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817300336, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:30:20.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The prime 101 has composite difference from every factorial value below it.**

The finite checker is connected to the semantic factorial-range definition by kernel-proved equivalence, then checks primality and all four distinct factorial values 1,2,6,24 below 101.

**Scope.**

The first known finite witness for the root property.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03FiniteCheck.lean: Submissions.Erdos1059Witness101.Worker03FiniteCheck.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorial.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum

namespace Submissions.Erdos1059Witness101.Worker03FiniteCheck

def IsFactorial (d : ℕ) : Prop := d ∈ Set.range Nat.factorial
def factorialsBelow (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ := {d | d < n ∧ IsFactorial d}
def IsComposite (n : ℕ) : Prop := 1 < n ∧ ¬n.Prime
def AvoidsPrimeFactorialDifferences (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ d ∈ factorialsBelow n, IsComposite (n - d)

abbrev DecidableIsFactorial (d : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ((Finset.Icc 0 d).filter (fun k => Nat.factorial k = d)).Nonempty
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/42c39640-ac20-497a-b235-429c17e30169/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorial.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1059Witness101

def IsFactorial (d : ℕ) : Prop := d ∈ Set.range Nat.factorial
def factorialsBelow (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ := {d | d < n ∧ IsFactorial d}
def IsComposite (n : ℕ) : Prop := 1 < n ∧ ¬n.Prime
def AvoidsPrimeFactorialDifferences (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ d ∈ factorialsBelow n, IsComposite (n - d)

/-- The first published example for Erdős 1059. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Nat.Prime 101 ∧ AvoidsPrimeFactorialDifferences 101

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1059Witness101
```

### 1. There are infinitely many primes p for which p−k!

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/181?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:28:27.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There are infinitely many primes p for which p−k!**

Is composite whenever 1≤k!<p.

Formal/prose/scope all quantify factorial values, not indices; duplicate representations of 1 do not duplicate an obligation. `IsComposite` excludes both primes and the non-composite values 0 and 1.

**Scope.**

Natural primes and all distinct positive factorial values strictly below each prime.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorial.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Finite.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1059FactorialAvoidingPrimes

def IsFactorial (d : ℕ) : Prop :=
  d ∈ Set.range Nat.factorial

def factorialsBelow (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {d | d < n ∧ IsFactorial d}

def IsComposite (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  1 < n ∧ ¬n.Prime

def AvoidsPrimeFactorialDifferences (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ d ∈ factorialsBelow n, IsComposite (n - d)

/-- Erdős Problem 1059: infinitely many primes have composite
difference from every positive factorial below them. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Set.Infinite {p : ℕ | p.Prime ∧ AvoidsPrimeFactorialDifferences p}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1059FactorialAvoidingPrimes
```

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