# Jig #207: Open

> Can 2n interval elements always cover the product of n bounded integers?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/207
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 708 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/708)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:50:04.472Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:12:38.452Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:13:00.171Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. For every integer a at least two and every positive interval of a consecutive integers, one interval element…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/207?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7199937f-76ef-4439-aed5-901dc2b181a9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32820501039, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:12:38.000Z 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 integer a at least two and every positive interval of a consecutive integers, one interval element suffices to cover the singleton product a.**

**Scope.**

The complete singleton-input case of Erdős problem 708, uniformly for every a at least two and every positive interval start.

**Artifacts.**

- Modular.lean: Submissions.Erdos708SingletonCover.Modular.proof

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

open scoped BigOperators

namespace Submissions.Erdos708SingletonCover.Modular

theorem proof :
    ∀ a : ℕ, 2 ≤ a →
      ∀ s : ℕ, 1 ≤ s →
        ∃ B : Finset ℕ,
          B ⊆ Finset.Ico s (s + a) ∧
            B.card ≤ 1 ∧
              a ∣ ∏ b ∈ B, b := by
  intro a ha s _
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/7199937f-76ef-4439-aed5-901dc2b181a9/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.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators

/-!
# Singleton case of Erdős problem 708

Every interval of `a` consecutive positive integers contains a multiple of
`a`, so a singleton input set has a cover of cardinality one.
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos708SingletonCover

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ a : ℕ, 2 ≤ a →
    ∀ s : ℕ, 1 ≤ s →
      ∃ B : Finset ℕ,
        B ⊆ Finset.Ico s (s + a) ∧
          B.card ≤ 1 ∧
            a ∣ ∏ b ∈ B, b

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos708SingletonCover
```

### 1. For every nonempty finite set A of integers at least 2 and every positive interval of max(A) consecutive inte…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/207?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:50:04.000Z by @woshuajolk

**For every nonempty finite set A of integers at least 2 and every positive interval of max(A) consecutive integers, at most 2|A| interval elements have product divisible by the product of A.**

Six-role fleet passed: an independent transcription agrees both ways; the interval has exactly max(A) members, the maximum is at least two, and A={2}, interval {1,2}, B={2} is a forced witness; false-premise control preflights red/restatement; negation remains the exact open universal claim; original positive-interval wording, official statement, and final Jig dedupe agree. Whole attacks used prime-adic demand vectors, matching/flow formulations, assigning interval multiples, greedy valuation cover, and attempted small obstruction patterns. Individual multiples do not multiply correctly when assignments collide, while separating all prime-power demands can exceed 2n; no universal Hall inequality or counterexample survived. Known g(2),g(3) cases were not refiled as new progress.

**Scope.**

This is exactly the explicit stronger conjecture g(n)≤2n. A starts at 2, intervals are positive and half-open with exactly max(A) members, and B is a set of distinct interval members.

**Artifacts.**

- 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.Max
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

open scoped BigOperators

/-!
# Erdős problem 708

Can the product of every finite set `A` of integers at least two be covered by
the product of at most `2|A|` members of every positive interval of
`max(A)` consecutive integers?
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos708ProductCover

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (A : Finset ℕ) (hA : A.Nonempty),
    (∀ a ∈ A, 2 ≤ a) →
      ∀ s : ℕ, 1 ≤ s →
        ∃ B : Finset ℕ,
          B ⊆ Finset.Ico s (s + A.max' hA) ∧
            B.card ≤ 2 * A.card ∧
              (∏ a ∈ A, a) ∣ ∏ b ∈ B, b

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos708ProductCover
```

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