# Jig #200: Open

> Waring-type sums of powerful numbers.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/200
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1107 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1107)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:41:41.993Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:49:13.980Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:56:24.321Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. For every exponent r, each natural n at most r+1 is a sum of at most r+1 positive r-powerful integers.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/200?s=2
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:49:13.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every exponent r, each natural n at most r+1 is a sum of at most r+1 positive r-powerful integers.**

A nonvacuity and local-obstruction boundary: the proof explicitly uses n copies of 1. It does not address eventual representations.

**Scope.**

The finite initial range n ≤ r+1, for every natural exponent r.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03Ones.lean: Submissions.Erdos1107SmallRepresentations.Worker03Ones.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.List.Defs
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1107SmallRepresentations.Worker03Ones

def IsFull (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ r ∣ n

def IsPowerfulSum (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ terms : List ℕ,
    terms.length ≤ r + 1 ∧
    (∀ x ∈ terms, 0 < x ∧ IsFull r x) ∧
    terms.sum = n

theorem proof :
    ∀ r n : ℕ, n ≤ r + 1 → IsPowerfulSum r n := by
  intro r n hn
  refine ⟨List.replicate n 1, ?_, ?_, ?_⟩
  · simpa using hn
  · intro x hx
    simp only [List.mem_replicate] at hx
    have hx1 : x = 1 := hx.2
    subst x
    constructor
    · decide
    · intro p hp
      simp at hp
  · simp

end Submissions.Erdos1107SmallRepresentations.Worker03Ones
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.List.Defs
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1107SmallRepresentations

def IsFull (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ r ∣ n

def IsPowerfulSum (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ terms : List ℕ,
    terms.length ≤ r + 1 ∧
    (∀ x ∈ terms, 0 < x ∧ IsFull r x) ∧
    terms.sum = n

/-- Every `n ≤ r + 1` is represented by `n` copies of the
positive `r`-powerful integer one. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r n : ℕ, n ≤ r + 1 → IsPowerfulSum r n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1107SmallRepresentations
```

### 1. For every r≥2, every sufficiently large natural number is a sum of at most r+1 positive r-powerful natural nu…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/200?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:41:41.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every r≥2, every sufficiently large natural number is a sum of at most r+1 positive r-powerful natural numbers.**

Zero terms are excluded explicitly. Since the claim is 'at most' and eventual targets are positive, deleting zeros shows this matches the intended source rather than strengthening its mathematical content.

**Scope.**

All exponents r≥2; positive summands; repetitions allowed; at most r+1 terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.List.Defs
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos1107PowerfulWaring

def IsFull (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ r ∣ n

def IsPowerfulSum (r n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ terms : List ℕ,
    terms.length ≤ r + 1 ∧
    (∀ x ∈ terms, 0 < x ∧ IsFull r x) ∧
    terms.sum = n

/-- Erdős Problem 1107: every sufficiently large integer is a sum of
at most `r+1` positive `r`-powerful integers. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r ≥ 2, ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop, IsPowerfulSum r n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1107PowerfulWaring
```

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