# Jig #194: Open

> Finite-deletion-robust bases have restricted order.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/194
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 338 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/338)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:37:31.897Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:37:31.901Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:37:42.386Z
- Statements: 1
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (1)

### 1. If deleting every finite subset of an asymptotic basis leaves an asymptotic basis, must the original basis ha…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/194?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:37:31.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**If deleting every finite subset of an asymptotic basis leaves an asymptotic basis, must the original basis have finite restricted order?**

This poses only the explicit robust-basis yes/no question, not the open-ended request for a full classification.

**Scope.**

The concrete robust-basis subquestion.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.List.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos338RobustBasisRestrictedOrder

open Filter
open scoped BigOperators

def IsBasis (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ h : ℕ, ∀ᶠ n in atTop,
    ∃ terms : List ℕ,
      terms.length = h ∧ (∀ a ∈ terms, a ∈ A) ∧ terms.sum = n

def IsRobustBasis (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ F : Finset ℕ, ↑F ⊆ A → IsBasis (A \ F)

def HasRestrictedOrder (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ t : ℕ, ∀ᶠ n in atTop,
    ∃ terms : Finset ℕ,
      terms.card ≤ t ∧ ↑terms ⊆ A ∧ ∑ a ∈ terms, a = n

/-- The concrete robust-basis question in Erdős Problem 338:
deleting any finite subset while retaining a basis forces a restricted order. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ, IsRobustBasis A → HasRestrictedOrder A

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos338RobustBasisRestrictedOrder
```

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