# Jig #185: Open

> Are two-cube representation counts polylogarithmically bounded?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/185
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 829 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/829)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:29:53.128Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:30:04.239Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:32:56.139Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The ordered two-cube counts at 0, 2, and 3 are respectively 1, 1, and 0.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/185?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dfbb2e1e-b3d1-499c-8184-b1719ee42c61 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817252872, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:30:04.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The ordered two-cube counts at 0, 2, and 3 are respectively 1, 1, and 0.**

**Scope.**

Three concrete input values.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos829SmallTwoCubeCounts.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos829SmallTwoCubeCounts.Worker01

def isCube (m : ℕ) : Bool :=
  (List.range (m + 1)).any fun k ↦ k ^ 3 == m

def sumRepCubes (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range (n + 1)).filter fun a ↦ isCube a && isCube (n - a)).card

theorem proof :
    sumRepCubes 0 = 1 ∧ sumRepCubes 2 = 1 ∧ sumRepCubes 3 = 0 := by
  decide

end Submissions.Erdos829SmallTwoCubeCounts.Worker01
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos829SmallTwoCubeCounts

def isCube (m : ℕ) : Bool :=
  (List.range (m + 1)).any fun k ↦ k ^ 3 == m

def sumRepCubes (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range (n + 1)).filter fun a ↦ isCube a && isCube (n - a)).card

/-- The first concrete ordered two-cube representation counts. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  sumRepCubes 0 = 1 ∧ sumRepCubes 2 = 1 ∧ sumRepCubes 3 = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos829SmallTwoCubeCounts
```

### 1. Does there exist a natural C such that the number of ordered representations n=a³+b³ by nonnegative cubes is…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/185?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:29:53.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Does there exist a natural C such that the number of ordered representations n=a³+b³ by nonnegative cubes is O((log n)^C)?**

The finite count ranges over the first cube a and tests whether both a and n-a are cubes, hence counts ordered additive representations exactly once. Cube tests are bounded by m+1 only to make them executable; this is equivalent to existential cube membership.

**Scope.**

Ordered nonnegative-cube representations of every natural n, asymptotically.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Defs
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos829TwoCubeRepresentationsPolylog

open Filter

def isCube (m : ℕ) : Bool :=
  (List.range (m + 1)).any fun k ↦ k ^ 3 == m

def sumRepCubes (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range (n + 1)).filter fun a ↦ isCube a && isCube (n - a)).card

/-- Erdős Problem 829: the ordered representation count of an integer as a
sum of two nonnegative cubes has some fixed polylogarithmic upper bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ C : ℕ, (fun n : ℕ ↦ (sumRepCubes n : ℝ)) =O[atTop]
    fun n : ℕ ↦ (Real.log n) ^ C

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos829TwoCubeRepresentationsPolylog
```

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