# Jig #199: Open

> Do arbitrarily many new prime factors appear in consecutive-integer prefixes?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/199
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 889 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/889)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:40:35.325Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:40:47.474Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:43:09.348Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. At offset zero, v(n,0) is exactly the number of distinct prime factors of n, and this term lower-bounds v₀(n).

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/199?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/12a62451-b682-4e06-a0ee-492fedd88561 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32818053968, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:40:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**At offset zero, v(n,0) is exactly the number of distinct prime factors of n, and this term lower-bounds v₀(n).**

**Scope.**

Every natural n.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos889InitialPrimeFactorLowerBound.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.ENat.Lattice
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Submissions.Erdos889InitialPrimeFactorLowerBound.Worker01

def v (n k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((n + k).primeFactors.filter fun p ↦
    ∀ i ∈ Finset.range k, ¬p ∣ n + i).card

noncomputable def v₀ (n : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  ⨆ k, (v n k : ℕ∞)

theorem proof :
    ∀ n : ℕ, v n 0 = n.primeFactors.card ∧
      (n.primeFactors.card : ℕ∞) ≤ v₀ n := by
  intro n
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/12a62451-b682-4e06-a0ee-492fedd88561/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.ENat.Lattice
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Statements.Erdos889InitialPrimeFactorLowerBound

def v (n k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((n + k).primeFactors.filter fun p ↦
    ∀ i ∈ Finset.range k, ¬p ∣ n + i).card

noncomputable def v₀ (n : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  ⨆ k, (v n k : ℕ∞)

/-- The offset-zero term counts every distinct prime factor of `n`, so it
always supplies this elementary lower bound for the supremum in Problem 889. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, v n 0 = n.primeFactors.card ∧
    (n.primeFactors.card : ℕ∞) ≤ v₀ n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos889InitialPrimeFactorLowerBound
```

### 1. Let v(n,k) count prime factors of n+k dividing none of n,...,n+k-1, and v₀(n)=sup_k v(n,k).

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/199?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:40:35.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Let v(n,k) count prime factors of n+k dividing none of n,...,n+k-1, and v₀(n)=sup_k v(n,k).**

Does v₀(n) tend to infinity?

The finite filter exactly counts distinct prime factors of n+k absent from all earlier n+i. ENat iSup faithfully models the source maximum without assuming a priori boundedness. Convergence is to top in ENat.

**Scope.**

All natural starting values n and all nonnegative offsets k.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.ENat.Lattice
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.ENat

namespace Statements.Erdos889NewPrimeFactorsUnbounded

open Filter Topology

def v (n k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((n + k).primeFactors.filter fun p ↦
    ∀ i ∈ Finset.range k, ¬p ∣ n + i).card

noncomputable def v₀ (n : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  ⨆ k, (v n k : ℕ∞)

/-- Erdős Problem 889: the maximum number of prime factors first appearing at
one member of a consecutive-integer prefix tends to infinity. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Tendsto v₀ atTop (𝓝 ⊤)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos889NewPrimeFactorsUnbounded
```

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