# Jig #192: Open

> Conjectural exponential lower bound for the Erdős–Selfridge function.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/192
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1095 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1095)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:35:18.942Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:37:10.152Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:40:23.903Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. Whenever the candidate set defining g(k) is nonempty, its least element itself exceeds k+1 and has binomial c…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/192?s=2
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/02ec8ae9-6199-487b-9255-a4e2f86aa867 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817792974, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:37:10.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Whenever the candidate set defining g(k) is nonempty, its least element itself exceeds k+1 and has binomial coefficient with least prime factor greater than k.**

Kernel-checks that `sInf` selects an actual defining candidate under the known nonemptiness condition; it does not claim the analytic lower bound.

**Scope.**

The nonempty-set boundary behavior of the Erdős–Selfridge sInf definition.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03SInfMember.lean: Submissions.Erdos1095LeastCandidateBoundary.Worker03SInfMember.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factors
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos1095LeastCandidateBoundary.Worker03SInfMember

def candidates (k : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n : ℕ | k + 1 < n ∧ k < (n.choose k).minFac}

noncomputable def g (k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf (candidates k)

theorem proof :
    ∀ k : ℕ, (candidates k).Nonempty →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/02ec8ae9-6199-487b-9255-a4e2f86aa867/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factors
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos1095LeastCandidateBoundary

def candidates (k : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n : ℕ | k + 1 < n ∧ k < (n.choose k).minFac}

noncomputable def g (k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf (candidates k)

/-- Whenever the defining candidate set is nonempty, `g k` itself
satisfies both defining inequalities. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ, (candidates k).Nonempty →
    k + 1 < g k ∧ k < ((g k).choose k).minFac

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1095LeastCandidateBoundary
```

### 1. There is an absolute c>0 such that, for every sufficiently large k, the Erdős–Selfridge function g(k) is at l…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/192?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:35:18.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There is an absolute c>0 such that, for every sufficiently large k, the Erdős–Selfridge function g(k) is at least exp(c k/log k).**

The `sInf` definition matches the literature. Its candidate set is known nonempty from the proved EES74 upper bound, so totalization at the empty set does not change the intended function.

**Scope.**

The open lower-bound conjecture stated by Erdős, Lacampagne, and Selfridge; not the solved upper estimate or SSW20 heuristic.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Exp
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factors
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Nat Real Filter
open scoped Topology

namespace Statements.Erdos1095LowerConjecture

/-- The Erdős–Selfridge function: the least `n>k+1` for which every
prime factor of `choose n k` exceeds `k`. -/
noncomputable def g (k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {n : ℕ | k + 1 < n ∧ k < (n.choose k).minFac}

/-- The conjectural exponential lower bound for the Erdős–Selfridge
function. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c > (0 : ℝ), ∀ᶠ k : ℕ in atTop,
    exp (c * k / Real.log k) ≤ g k

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1095LowerConjecture
```

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