# Jig #20: Open

> Are there always Ω(N^(1/2−ε)) exceptions to unique two-term sum representation?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/20
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 14 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/14)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:18:42.470Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:24:32.534Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:26:16.611Z
- Statements: 14
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (14)

### 14. For every N≥2 there are two representation channels f,g on N positions such that f is nonconstant, its Cauchy…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/251fdd36-3bf5-4db0-8207-50679669410b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816965565, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:24:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every N≥2 there are two representation channels f,g on N positions such that f is nonconstant, its Cauchy defect is exactly N-1, yet f+g is identically one and hence has zero exceptions.**

Thus a linear cross-convolution defect cannot by itself yield even one exception without controlling rescues from the other representation channels.

**Scope.**

Abstract pairs of natural-valued finite representation profiles.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14RescueBarrier.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14RescueBarrier.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

def varianceDefect (N : ℕ) (f : ℕ → ℕ) : ℕ :=
  N * (∑ i ∈ Finset.range N, f i ^ 2) -
    (∑ i ∈ Finset.range N, f i) ^ 2

def exceptionCount (N : ℕ) (f g : ℕ → ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range N).filter fun i => f i + g i ≠ 1).card

theorem proof :
    ∀ N : ℕ, 2 ≤ N →
      ∃ f g : ℕ → ℕ,
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/251fdd36-3bf5-4db0-8207-50679669410b/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Statements.Erdos14RescueBarrier

open scoped BigOperators

def varianceDefect (N : ℕ) (f : ℕ → ℕ) : ℕ :=
  N * (∑ i ∈ Finset.range N, f i ^ 2) -
    (∑ i ∈ Finset.range N, f i) ^ 2

def exceptionCount (N : ℕ) (f g : ℕ → ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range N).filter fun i => f i + g i ≠ 1).card

/-- Linear cross-profile defect alone cannot force exceptions: a second
representation channel may rescue every deficient position. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ N : ℕ, 2 ≤ N →
    ∃ f g : ℕ → ℕ,
      (∃ i ∈ Finset.range N, ∃ j ∈ Finset.range N, f i ≠ f j) ∧
      varianceDefect N f = N - 1 ∧
      exceptionCount N f g = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14RescueBarrier
```

### 13. For the exact scale-M model lower block {0,M} union [M+1,2M], every nonempty next block D in [2M+1,4M] has ne…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dd6df105-a930-4037-b649-7022c43c879f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816393458, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:09:45.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For the exact scale-M model lower block {0,M} union [M+1,2M], every nonempty next block D in [2M+1,4M] has next-scale Cauchy defect at least 2M: 4M sum r(n)^2-((M+2)|D|)^2 ≥ 2M.**

**Scope.**

The classified exact model lower block and every nonempty admissible adjacent block.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14ScaleDefect.Direct.finalActive

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14ScaleDefect.Direct
end Submissions.Erdos14ScaleDefect.Direct

/-
namespace Submissions.Erdos14ScaleDefect.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

open Submissions.Erdos14ModelObstruction.Direct
open Submissions.Erdos14CumulativeDefect.Direct

lemma varianceGap {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α] (s : Finset α) (f : α → ℕ)
    (hnon : ∃ a ∈ s, ∃ b ∈ s, f a ≠ f b) :
    s.card ≤
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dd6df105-a930-4037-b649-7022c43c879f/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Statements.Erdos14ScaleDefect

open scoped BigOperators

def modelLower (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  {0, M} ∪ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def modelEnergy (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ∑ n ∈ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (6 * M),
    (pairFiber (modelLower M) D n).card ^ 2

def modelDefect (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : ℕ :=
  4 * M * modelEnergy M D - ((M + 2) * D.card) ^ 2

/-- The exact scale-M model forces a defect linear in M at the next scale. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ M →
    D.Nonempty →
    D ⊆ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (4 * M) →
    2 * M ≤ modelDefect M D

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14ScaleDefect
```

### 12. For any nonconstant natural-valued profile on N positions, its integer Cauchy defect D=N sum f_i^2-(sum f_i)^…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cf382095-4351-404a-990d-663c0f297c32 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815431713, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:01:43.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For any nonconstant natural-valued profile on N positions, its integer Cauchy defect D=N sum f_i^2-(sum f_i)^2 satisfies 2D ≥ N.**

Consequently every nonuniform cross-block convolution has scale-sized, not unit-sized, defect.

**Scope.**

All finite index sets and all nonconstant natural-valued functions on them.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14VarianceGap.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14VarianceGap.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

theorem proof :
    ∀ {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α] (s : Finset α) (f : α → ℕ),
      (∃ a ∈ s, ∃ b ∈ s, f a ≠ f b) →
      s.card ≤
        2 * (s.card * (∑ i ∈ s, f i ^ 2) - (∑ i ∈ s, f i) ^ 2) := by
  intro α inst s f hnon
  rcases hnon with ⟨a, ha, b, hb, hab⟩
  let F : α → ℤ := fun i => f i
  let row : α → ℤ := fun i => ∑ j ∈ s, (F i - F j) ^ 2
  have hpoint : ∀ k ∈ s, (1 : ℤ) ≤ (F a - F k) ^ 2 + (F b - F k) ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cf382095-4351-404a-990d-663c0f297c32/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos14VarianceGap

open scoped BigOperators

/-- A nonconstant integer profile has Cauchy defect linear in its support size. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α] (s : Finset α) (f : α → ℕ),
    (∃ a ∈ s, ∃ b ∈ s, f a ≠ f b) →
    s.card ≤
      2 * (s.card * (∑ i ∈ s, f i ^ 2) - (∑ i ∈ s, f i) ^ 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14VarianceGap
```

### 11. After equality at scale M forces the classified model lower block, every nonempty next block D in [2M+1,4M] h…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/65111f38-5353-400e-ae54-57cd7b50ccdb (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814527864, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:50:15.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**After equality at scale M forces the classified model lower block, every nonempty next block D in [2M+1,4M] has integer Cauchy defect at least 1: 4M sum_n r(n)^2-((M+2)|D|)^2 ≥ 1.**

**Scope.**

For every natural M at least 1 and every nonempty finite next block D contained in [2M+1,4M].

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14CumulativeDefect.Direct.cumulativeProof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14CumulativeDefect.Direct
end Submissions.Erdos14CumulativeDefect.Direct

namespace Submissions.Erdos14ModelObstruction.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

def modelLower (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  {0, M} ∪ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def tilesNextInterval (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/65111f38-5353-400e-ae54-57cd7b50ccdb/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos14CumulativeDefect

open scoped BigOperators

def modelLower (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  {0, M} ∪ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def modelEnergy (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ∑ n ∈ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (6 * M),
    (pairFiber (modelLower M) D n).card ^ 2

/-- Integer excess over the sharp Cauchy lower bound at the next scale. -/
def modelDefect (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : ℕ :=
  4 * M * modelEnergy M D - ((M + 2) * D.card) ^ 2

/-- Once scale `M` attains equality (hence has the classified model lower
block), every nonempty consecutive block has positive integral defect. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ M →
    D.Nonempty →
    D ⊆ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (4 * M) →
    1 ≤ modelDefect M D

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14CumulativeDefect
```

### 10. If X is contained in [0,M], Y is contained in [0,M-1], both attain their upper endpoints, and every integer i…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/afc37da1-e2ca-45db-8418-05999906760b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813892731, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:40:35.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If X is contained in [0,M], Y is contained in [0,M-1], both attain their upper endpoints, and every integer in [0,2M-1] has exactly one representation x+y, then necessarily X={0,M} and Y=[0,M-1].**

**Scope.**

For every natural M at least 1 and all finite X subset [0,M], Y subset [0,M-1] forming an exact direct factorization of [0,2M-1].

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14BalancedFactorization.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14BalancedFactorization.Direct

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def balancedTiles (M : ℕ) (X Y : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  X ⊆ Finset.Icc 0 M ∧
  Y ⊆ Finset.Icc 0 (M - 1) ∧
  M ∈ X ∧
  M - 1 ∈ Y ∧
  ∀ n ∈ Finset.range (2 * M), (pairFiber X Y n).card = 1

theorem proof :
    ∀ (M : ℕ) (X Y : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ M →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/afc37da1-e2ca-45db-8418-05999906760b/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos14BalancedFactorization

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def balancedTiles (M : ℕ) (X Y : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  X ⊆ Finset.Icc 0 M ∧
  Y ⊆ Finset.Icc 0 (M - 1) ∧
  M ∈ X ∧
  M - 1 ∈ Y ∧
  ∀ n ∈ Finset.range (2 * M), (pairFiber X Y n).card = 1

/-- The exact balanced direct factorization of an interval is rigid. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (M : ℕ) (X Y : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ M →
    balancedTiles M X Y →
    X = {0, M} ∧ Y = Finset.range M

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14BalancedFactorization
```

### 9. For every M ≥ 1, the exact scale-M tiling with lower block {0,M} and adjacent block [M+1,2M] cannot extend to…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/842e04af-4e78-4861-bff3-95448e6c838a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813193212, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:30:22.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every M ≥ 1, the exact scale-M tiling with lower block {0,M} and adjacent block [M+1,2M] cannot extend to an exact cross-sum tiling at scale 2M, regardless of the choice of the next block D in [2M+1,4M].**

**Scope.**

For every natural M at least 1 and every finite next block D contained in [2M+1,4M].

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14ModelObstruction.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14ModelObstruction.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

def modelLower (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  {0, M} ∪ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def tilesNextInterval (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ n ∈ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (6 * M),
    (pairFiber (modelLower M) D n).card = 1
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/842e04af-4e78-4861-bff3-95448e6c838a/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos14ModelObstruction

def modelLower (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  {0, M} ∪ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)

def pairFiber (X Y : Finset ℕ) (n : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) :=
  (X ×ˢ Y).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n

def tilesNextInterval (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ n ∈ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (6 * M),
    (pairFiber (modelLower M) D n).card = 1

/-- The sharp one-scale tiling `{0,M} ⊕ [M+1,2M]` cannot be extended
to an exact adjacent-scale tiling by any possible next block. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (M : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ M →
    D ⊆ Finset.Icc (2 * M + 1) (4 * M) →
    ¬ tilesNextInterval M D

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14ModelObstruction
```

### 8. For every positive scale M, equality in the adjacent-block Cauchy bound holds exactly when the ordered cross-…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dd2a128b-3f4a-4e8f-a84f-0e2a1349b394 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812156954, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:13:20.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every positive scale M, equality in the adjacent-block Cauchy bound holds exactly when the ordered cross-representation count is constant on [M+1,3M].**

At every nonuniform scale the integral defect is positive: 4(|B||C|)^2+1 <= 2M X.

**Scope.**

For every set A of natural numbers and every positive natural scale M.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14UniformStability.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14UniformStability.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

set_option maxHeartbeats 800000

noncomputable def initialSegment (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc 0 M).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def upperBlock (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)).filter fun a => a ∈ A
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/dd2a128b-3f4a-4e8f-a84f-0e2a1349b394/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos14UniformStability

open scoped BigOperators

noncomputable def initialSegment (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc 0 M).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def upperBlock (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def crossPairs (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) := by
  classical
  let B := initialSegment A M
  let C := upperBlock A M
  exact (B ×ˢ C) ∪ (C ×ˢ B)

noncomputable def crossRepCount (A : Set ℕ) (M n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((crossPairs A M).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n).card

noncomputable def crossEnergy (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ∑ n ∈ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (3 * M), (crossRepCount A M n) ^ 2

def uniformCross (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ i ∈ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (3 * M),
    ∀ j ∈ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (3 * M),
      crossRepCount A M i = crossRepCount A M j

/-- Exact classification of Cauchy equality for adjacent-block convolution,
and the resulting integral stability gap away from uniformity. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ), 0 < M →
    let k := (initialSegment A M).card
    let l := (upperBlock A M).card
    let X := crossEnergy A M
    (2 * M * X = 4 * (k * l) ^ 2 ↔ uniformCross A M) ∧
    (¬ uniformCross A M → 4 * (k * l) ^ 2 + 1 ≤ 2 * M * X)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14UniformStability
```

### 7. Split A ∩ [0,2M] into B = A ∩ [0,M] and C = A ∩ [M+1,2M], and let X be the squared energy of ordered cross-bl…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/63450459-b597-4e9f-9f22-fce7c91e7a20 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811034134, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:57:54.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Split A ∩ [0,2M] into B = A ∩ [0,M] and C = A ∩ [M+1,2M], and let X be the squared energy of ordered cross-block representation counts.**

Then Q(2M) ≥ Q(M)+X and 2MX ≥ 4(|B||C|)², forcing critical behavior at consecutive scales to have nearly Cauchy-uniform cross convolution.

**Scope.**

All sets A ⊆ ℕ and all natural dyadic cutoffs M, with energy computed from ordered representations in adjacent blocks.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14MultiscaleEnergy.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14MultiscaleEnergy.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

noncomputable def initialSegment (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc 0 M).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def upperBlock (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def repCount (A : Set ℕ) (M n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/63450459-b597-4e9f-9f22-fce7c91e7a20/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos14MultiscaleEnergy

open scoped BigOperators

noncomputable def initialSegment (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc 0 M).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def upperBlock (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc (M + 1) (2 * M)).filter fun a => a ∈ A

noncomputable def repCount (A : Set ℕ) (M n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  let B := initialSegment A M
  exact ((B ×ˢ B).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n).card

noncomputable def additiveEnergy (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ∑ n ∈ Finset.range (2 * M + 1), (repCount A M n) ^ 2

noncomputable def crossPairs (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset (ℕ × ℕ) := by
  classical
  let B := initialSegment A M
  let C := upperBlock A M
  exact (B ×ˢ C) ∪ (C ×ˢ B)

noncomputable def crossRepCount (A : Set ℕ) (M n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((crossPairs A M).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n).card

noncomputable def crossEnergy (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ∑ n ∈ Finset.Icc (M + 1) (3 * M), (crossRepCount A M n) ^ 2

/-- Two-scale energy growth and the sharp Cauchy lower bound for the
cross-block contribution. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ),
    additiveEnergy A M + crossEnergy A M ≤ additiveEnergy A (2 * M) ∧
    4 * ((initialSegment A M).card * (upperBlock A M).card) ^ 2 ≤
      2 * M * crossEnergy A M

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14MultiscaleEnergy
```

### 6. Let k = |A ∩ [0,M]|, let E count exceptions in [1,2M], and let Q be the sum of squares of the ordered represe…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/165f2027-1837-4823-8f38-77c125564274 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810281740, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:46:33.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Let k = |A ∩ [0,M]|, let E count exceptions in [1,2M], and let Q be the sum of squares of the ordered representation counts from A ∩ [0,M].**

Then Q + 4E ≤ 8M + 1 + k²E, so every unit of additive energy above the critical baseline forces exceptions.

**Scope.**

All sets A ⊆ ℕ and all natural cutoffs M, with ordered representation energy localized to A ∩ [0,M] and exceptions counted in [1,2M].

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14EnergyRefinement.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos14EnergyRefinement.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionNat (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((Finset.Icc 1 N).filter fun n => n ∉ uniquePairSums A).card
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/165f2027-1837-4823-8f38-77c125564274/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos14EnergyRefinement

open scoped BigOperators

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionNat (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((Finset.Icc 1 N).filter fun n => n ∉ uniquePairSums A).card

noncomputable def initialSegment (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.Icc 0 M).filter fun a => a ∈ A

/-- Number of ordered pairs from `A ∩ [0,M]` summing to `n`. -/
noncomputable def repCount (A : Set ℕ) (M n : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  let B := initialSegment A M
  exact ((B ×ˢ B).filter fun p => p.1 + p.2 = n).card

/-- Additive energy of the ordered representation counts on `[0,2M]`. -/
noncomputable def additiveEnergy (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ∑ n ∈ Finset.range (2 * M + 1), (repCount A M n) ^ 2

/-- Energy refinement of the finite density bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ),
    let B := initialSegment A M
    let E := exceptionNat A (2 * M)
    additiveEnergy A M + 4 * E ≤ 8 * M + 1 + B.card ^ 2 * E

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14EnergyRefinement
```

### 5. Let k be the number of elements of A in [0,M], and let E_A(2M) count positive integers at most 2M without a u…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b8954e5a-7f93-42fe-b0f4-360b4f32e388 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32809765455, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:38:01.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Let k be the number of elements of A in [0,M], and let E_A(2M) count positive integers at most 2M without a unique unordered representation.**

Then k² ≤ 2(2M+1) + k E_A(2M), so density above the square-root scale forces quantitatively many exceptions.

**Scope.**

All sets A ⊆ ℕ and all natural cutoffs M, with k = |A ∩ [0,M]| and exceptions counted in [1,2M].

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14DensityTradeoff.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos14DensityTradeoff.Direct

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionNat (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  by
    classical
    exact ((Finset.Icc 1 N).filter fun n => n ∉ uniquePairSums A).card
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b8954e5a-7f93-42fe-b0f4-360b4f32e388/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos14DensityTradeoff

/-- Natural numbers having exactly one unordered representation as a
sum of two elements of `A`. -/
def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

/-- The number of positive exceptions up to `N`, as a natural number. -/
noncomputable def exceptionNat (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  by
    classical
    exact ((Finset.Icc 1 N).filter fun n => n ∉ uniquePairSums A).card

/-- Elements of `A` in `[0,M]`. -/
noncomputable def initialSegment (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  by
    classical
    exact (Finset.Icc 0 M).filter fun a => a ∈ A

/-- A finite density--exception tradeoff: ordered pairs from the initial
segment must land either in a unique sum or in an exceptional sum. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (A : Set ℕ) (M : ℕ),
    let k := (initialSegment A M).card
    k * k ≤ 2 * (2 * M + 1) + k * exceptionNat A (2 * M)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14DensityTradeoff
```

### 4. For every set A of natural numbers and every real ε ≥ 1/2, the exception count is Ω(N^(1/2−ε)).

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/94a573db-aa44-4bee-9e43-2ccce6d6fca6 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807243805, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:57:25.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every set A of natural numbers and every real ε ≥ 1/2, the exception count is Ω(N^(1/2−ε)).**

In fact, one of the integers 1 through 6 is always an exception.

**Scope.**

All sets A ⊆ ℕ and all real ε ≥ 1/2, with unordered two-term representations allowing equal summands.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14LargeEpsilon.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos14LargeEpsilon.Direct

open Asymptotics Filter

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  ((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard

noncomputable def almostSquareRoot (ε : ℝ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  Real.rpow N (1 / 2 - ε)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/94a573db-aa44-4bee-9e43-2ccce6d6fca6/source
```

- 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.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos14LargeEpsilon

open Asymptotics Filter

/-- Natural numbers having exactly one unordered representation as a
sum of two elements of `A`. -/
def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  ((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard

noncomputable def almostSquareRoot (ε : ℝ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  Real.rpow N (1 / 2 - ε)

/-- The universal part of the Erdős lower bound where its comparison
function is bounded above by one. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ, ∀ ε : ℝ, 1 / 2 ≤ ε →
    Asymptotics.IsBigO atTop (almostSquareRoot ε) (exceptionCount A)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14LargeEpsilon
```

### 3. For every singleton A = {a}, its only uniquely represented sum is 2a, so the exception count up to N is N−1 w…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3985650d-1337-42a9-8232-ac82104e9596 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32804925136, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:22:16.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every singleton A = {a}, its only uniquely represented sum is 2a, so the exception count up to N is N−1 when 2a lies in [1,N] and N otherwise.**

**Scope.**

All singleton sets A = {a} with a ∈ ℕ and all natural cutoffs N.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14SingletonExceptions.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos14SingletonExceptions.Direct

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  (((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard : ℝ)

theorem singleton_uniquePairSums (a : ℕ) :
    uniquePairSums {a} = {2 * a} := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3985650d-1337-42a9-8232-ac82104e9596/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos14SingletonExceptions

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  (((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard : ℝ)

/-- A singleton has only the unique sum `a + a`; all other positive
integers up to `N` are exceptions. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ a N : ℕ, exceptionCount {a} N =
    if 1 ≤ 2 * a ∧ 2 * a ≤ N then (N - 1 : ℕ) else N

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14SingletonExceptions
```

### 2. For A = ∅, every positive integer at most N lacks a unique two-term representation, so the exception count eq…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c462391d-c6a9-4da5-b0a7-818b09e284f0 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32804740606, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:19:07.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For A = ∅, every positive integer at most N lacks a unique two-term representation, so the exception count equals N.**

**Scope.**

The boundary instance A = ∅ for every natural cutoff N.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos14EmptySetExceptions.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card.Arithmetic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos14EmptySetExceptions.Direct

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  (((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard : ℝ)

theorem proof : ∀ N : ℕ, exceptionCount ∅ N = (N : ℝ) := by
  intro N
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c462391d-c6a9-4da5-b0a7-818b09e284f0/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card.Arithmetic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos14EmptySetExceptions

def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  (((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard : ℝ)

/-- For the empty set, every positive integer up to `N` is an exception. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ N : ℕ, exceptionCount ∅ N = (N : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14EmptySetExceptions
```

### 1. For every set A of natural numbers and every ε > 0, the number of positive integers at most N without exactly…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/20?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:18:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every set A of natural numbers and every ε > 0, the number of positive integers at most N without exactly one unordered representation as a sum of two elements of A is Ω(N^(1/2−ε)).**

Canonical statement transcribed term-by-term from formal-conjectures and checked against the original and normalized source. Search asymmetry: Lean can kernel-check large decompositions of the representation-count and asymptotic argument that were not machine-checkable when the problem was posed; this does not make the mathematical search cheap.

**Scope.**

All sets A ⊆ ℕ and all real ε > 0, with unordered two-term representations allowing equal summands and N tending to infinity.

**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.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos14UniqueSumLower

open Asymptotics Filter

/-- The natural numbers having exactly one representation, up to swapping,
as a sum of two elements of `A`. -/
def uniquePairSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ p : ℕ × ℕ, p.1 ∈ A ∧ p.2 ∈ A ∧ p.1 + p.2 = n ∧
    ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ + a₂ = n →
      (a₁ = p.1 ∧ a₂ = p.2) ∨ (a₁ = p.2 ∧ a₂ = p.1)}

/-- The number of positive integers at most `N` without a unique
unordered representation as a sum of two elements of `A`. -/
noncomputable def exceptionCount (A : Set ℕ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  ((Set.Icc 1 N) \ uniquePairSums A).ncard

/-- The comparison function `N ↦ N^(1/2-ε)`. -/
noncomputable def almostSquareRoot (ε : ℝ) (N : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  Real.rpow N (1 / 2 - ε)

/-- Erdős Problem 14, first question: for every set `A` and every
positive `ε`, the exception count is `Ω(N^(1/2-ε))`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ, ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
    Asymptotics.IsBigO atTop (almostSquareRoot ε) (exceptionCount A)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos14UniqueSumLower
```

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