# Jig #21: Open

> Is h(n!) eventually bounded by a fixed power of log n?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/21
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 18 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/18)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:19:40.660Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:21:57.163Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:22:28.181Z
- Statements: 16
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (16)

### 16. Within the cubic four-digit range, every non-divisor of k!

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=16
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6754a6f8-16af-49fd-92a0-194f603a66c9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816684481, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:21:57.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Within the cubic four-digit range, every non-divisor of k!**

Carries an excessive prime-power certificate Q=p^(v_p(k!)+1) satisfying k<Q≤k³, and any fixed Q can obstruct at most one member of a shift window shorter than k. Nevertheless the base case k=7 has a 29-term cubic-range gap: none of 181,…,209 divides 7!.

**Scope.**

For all positive m≤k³ that do not divide k!, their excessive prime-power certificates; short shift windows; and the explicit interval 181≤m<210 for k=7.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18PolynomialObstruction.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18PolynomialObstruction.Direct

theorem obstructionCertificate :
    ∀ k m : ℕ, 0 < m → ¬(m ∣ k.factorial) →
      ∃ p Q : ℕ,
        p.Prime ∧
        Q = p ^ (k.factorial.factorization p + 1) ∧
        k < Q ∧
        Q ∣ m ∧
        Q ≤ m := by
  intro k m hm hmdvd
  have hexcess :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6754a6f8-16af-49fd-92a0-194f603a66c9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18PolynomialObstruction

/-- Every failure of divisibility by `k!` has an excessive prime-power
certificate larger than `k`; in the cubic range the certificate is itself at
most cubic. Such a certificate obstructs at most one member of a shorter shift
window. The final conjunct gives a genuine cubic-range gap at the base case. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ k m : ℕ, 0 < m → ¬(m ∣ k.factorial) →
    ∃ p Q : ℕ,
      p.Prime ∧
      Q = p ^ (k.factorial.factorization p + 1) ∧
      k < Q ∧
      Q ∣ m ∧
      Q ≤ m) ∧
  (∀ Q A h s t : ℕ,
    h < Q →
    0 < s →
    s < t →
    t ≤ h →
    h < A →
    ¬(Q ∣ A - s ∧ Q ∣ A - t)) ∧
  (∀ k m : ℕ, 0 < m → m ≤ k ^ 3 → ¬(m ∣ k.factorial) →
    ∃ p Q : ℕ,
      p.Prime ∧
      Q = p ^ (k.factorial.factorization p + 1) ∧
      k < Q ∧
      Q ∣ m ∧
      Q ≤ k ^ 3) ∧
  (∀ m : ℕ, 181 ≤ m → m < 7 * 6 * 5 →
    ¬(m ∣ Nat.factorial 7))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18PolynomialObstruction
```

### 15. For every factorial cutoff k and every finite shift length h, CRT constructs a consecutive block A,A−1,…,A−h+…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=15
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6a22d1f6-35ea-4855-99cd-506da306458b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815948457, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:10:36.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every factorial cutoff k and every finite shift length h, CRT constructs a consecutive block A,A−1,…,A−h+1 in which each value has a prime divisor greater than k and therefore none divides k!.**

Thus no globally uniform bounded-gap assertion for k!-divisors can justify a fixed finite-shift rescue family.

**Scope.**

For every natural factorial cutoff k and every finite length h, an unrestricted-scale consecutive interval of length h avoiding all divisors of k!.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18FiniteShiftCRTBarrier.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ChineseRemainder
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Factorial
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18FiniteShiftCRTBarrier.Direct

theorem proof :
    ∀ k h : ℕ, ∃ A : ℕ, h ≤ A ∧
      ∀ i : ℕ, i < h →
        ∃ p : ℕ,
          p.Prime ∧
          k < p ∧
          p ∣ A - i ∧
          ¬(A - i ∣ k.factorial) := by
  intro k h
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6a22d1f6-35ea-4855-99cd-506da306458b/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.ChineseRemainder
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Factorial
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting

namespace Statements.Erdos18FiniteShiftCRTBarrier

/-- CRT creates arbitrarily long consecutive gaps containing no divisors of
`k!`: each shifted value has its own prime divisor larger than `k`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k h : ℕ, ∃ A : ℕ, h ≤ A ∧
    ∀ i : ℕ, i < h →
      ∃ p : ℕ,
        p.Prime ∧
        k < p ∧
        p ∣ A - i ∧
        ¬(A - i ∣ k.factorial)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18FiniteShiftCRTBarrier
```

### 14. The nonlocal carry admits two tunable divisor parameters: from q=kv+y, q+v=w+t, and y+r+kt=s+z one obtains (k…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f248ab49-4abd-4cdd-bb30-f27f55175914 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814872352, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:56:04.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The nonlocal carry admits two tunable divisor parameters: from q=kv+y, q+v=w+t, and y+r+kt=s+z one obtains (k+1)q+r=s+kw+z.**

Large primes obstruct at most one correction in a sufficiently short shift interval; two explicit rescue families cover all residues of the n=29 model, including the ten failures of the fixed-summand family.

**Scope.**

For all k≥6 and natural carry parameters satisfying the displayed affine identities, factorial divisibility, positivity, residue, and distinctness hypotheses; additionally all residues r<29 in the model quotient q=18191.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18MultiRescue.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18MultiRescue.Direct

def threeRep (N m : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
    D ⊆ N.factorial.divisors ∧
    D.card ≤ 3 ∧
    m = D.sum id

theorem factorial_split {n : ℕ} (hn : 0 < n) :
    n.factorial = n * (n - 1).factorial := by
  conv_lhs => rw [show n = (n - 1) + 1 by omega]
  rw [Nat.factorial_succ]
  congr 1
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f248ab49-4abd-4cdd-bb30-f27f55175914/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18MultiRescue

/-- The first summand in the nonlocal carry is tunable.  If
`q = k*v+y`, `q+v=w+t`, and `y+r+k*t=s+z`, then
`(k+1)q+r = s+k*w+z`.  A prime larger than a short interval can obstruct
at most one of its shifted correction candidates.  The last conjunct certifies
that two such rescue families cover every residue of the `n=29` model. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ k q v y r s t w z : ℕ,
    6 ≤ k →
    q = k * v + y →
    q + v = w + t →
    y + r + k * t = s + z →
    0 < w →
    0 < s →
    0 < z →
    r < k + 1 →
    w ∣ (k - 1).factorial →
    s ∣ (k + 1).factorial →
    z ∣ (k + 1).factorial →
    s ≠ k * w →
    s ≠ z →
    k * w ≠ z →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ (k + 1).factorial.divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      (k + 1) * q + r = D.sum id) ∧
  (∀ p A h s t : ℕ,
    p.Prime →
    h < p →
    0 < s →
    s < t →
    t ≤ h →
    h < A →
    ¬(p ∣ A - s ∧ p ∣ A - t)) ∧
  (∀ r : ℕ, r < 29 →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ (Nat.factorial 29).divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      29 * 18191 + r = D.sum id) ∧
  (Nat.Prime 31 ∧ 31 ∣ 124 ∧
    Nat.Prime 41 ∧ 41 ∣ 123 ∧
    Nat.Prime 61 ∧ 61 ∣ 122 ∧
    96 ∣ Nat.factorial 29)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18MultiRescue
```

### 13. A failed grid cofactor v has a nonlocal affine replacement w=q+v−1: either v passes the original factorial va…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d40b845a-4f6f-4ffc-a529-496eb53324d8 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814388789, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:48:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**A failed grid cofactor v has a nonlocal affine replacement w=q+v−1: either v passes the original factorial valuation test, or w and z=y+r−1 pass valuation tests and (k+1)q+r is the sum of three distinct divisors of (k+1)!.**

For k=28, the failed v=647 is replaced by 18837, giving 29·18191+r=29+527436+(74+r) whenever the affine correction divides 29!.

**Scope.**

For all k≥6 and positive q,v,y,w,z with q=kv+y, q+v=w+1, y+r=z+1, r<k+1, under either the stated grid valuation branch or affine-rescue valuation branch.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18GridFailureRescue.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18GridFailureRescue.Direct

def valuationBound (N t : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
    t.factorization p ≤ N.factorial.factorization p

def threeRep (N m : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
    D ⊆ N.factorial.divisors ∧
    D.card ≤ 3 ∧
    m = D.sum id
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d40b845a-4f6f-4ffc-a529-496eb53324d8/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18GridFailureRescue

/-- A failed grid cofactor `v` has an affine nonlocal replacement
`w = q + v - 1`.  The first branch is the original grid valuation test.
The second branch gives
`(k+1)q+r = (k+1) + k*w + z`, where `z = y+r-1`.
The final conjunct certifies the non-enumerative core of the `n=29` rescue:
`647` is replaced by the factorial divisor `18837`, leaving `74+r`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ k q v y w z r : ℕ,
    6 ≤ k →
    q = k * v + y →
    q + v = w + 1 →
    y + r = z + 1 →
    0 < v →
    0 < y →
    0 < w →
    0 < z →
    r < k + 1 →
    y ∣ k.factorial →
    (((∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
        v.factorization p ≤ (k - 1).factorial.factorization p) ∧
        k * v ≠ y) ∨
      ((∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
        w.factorization p ≤ (k - 1).factorial.factorization p) ∧
        (∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
          z.factorization p ≤ (k + 1).factorial.factorization p) ∧
        k + 1 ≠ k * w ∧
        k + 1 ≠ z ∧
        k * w ≠ z)) →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ (k + 1).factorial.divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      (k + 1) * q + r = D.sum id) ∧
  (18837 ∣ Nat.factorial 27 ∧
    28 * 18837 = 527436 ∧
    ∀ r : ℕ, r < 29 → 74 + r ∣ Nat.factorial 29 →
      let D : Finset ℕ := {29, 527436, 74 + r}
      D ⊆ (Nat.factorial 29).divisors ∧
        D.card = 3 ∧
        18191 * 29 + r = D.sum id)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18GridFailureRescue
```

### 12. For q=ak(k−1)+bk+c, every factorization k−c=ud gives the exact candidate pair kv and u(k−d), where u+v=a(k−1)…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/11546c73-3b78-41c1-8365-06f93e52c90e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813763991, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:39:39.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For q=ak(k−1)+bk+c, every factorization k−c=ud gives the exact candidate pair kv and u(k−d), where u+v=a(k−1)+b+1.**

Bounds and prime-valuation inequalities for v certify that both terms are distinct divisors of k!; at k=28,q=18191 every complementary choice fails this valuation test.

**Scope.**

For k≥6 and factorial digits a<k−2, b<k−1, c<k, over every positive complementary factorization k−c=ud satisfying the stated bounds.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18GridValuationCriterion.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18GridValuationCriterion.Direct

theorem factorial_split {n : ℕ} (hn : 0 < n) :
    n.factorial = n * (n - 1).factorial := by
  conv_lhs => rw [show n = (n - 1) + 1 by omega]
  rw [Nat.factorial_succ]
  congr 1
  omega

theorem two_distinct_factors_dvd_factorial {u w k : ℕ}
    (hu : 0 < u) (hw : 0 < w) (huk : u ≤ k) (hwk : w ≤ k)
    (huw : u ≠ w) :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/11546c73-3b78-41c1-8365-06f93e52c90e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18GridValuationCriterion

/-- The complementary-divisor grid reduces quotient coverage to prime
valuation bounds for one cofactor. The isolated `n=29` grid failure is included
to show that the criterion is exact rather than vacuous. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ k a b c u d v : ℕ,
    6 ≤ k →
    a < k - 2 →
    b < k - 1 →
    c < k →
    0 < u →
    0 < d →
    d < k →
    0 < v →
    u * d = k - c →
    u + v = a * (k - 1) + b + 1 →
    u ≠ k - d →
    k * v ≠ u * (k - d) →
    (∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
      v.factorization p ≤ (k - 1).factorial.factorization p) →
    ∃ E : Finset ℕ,
      E ⊆ k.factorial.divisors ∧
      E.card = 2 ∧
      a * k * (k - 1) + b * k + c = E.sum id) ∧
  (∀ u d v : ℕ, 0 < u → 0 < d →
    u * d = 9 →
    u + v = 650 →
    ¬(v ∣ Nat.factorial 27))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18GridValuationCriterion
```

### 11. The isolated quotient q=18191 left by divisor-pair coverage at n=29 has a three-divisor representation for ev…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d9516d58-a3d8-4340-aeb0-90c1ba17e1e4 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813252536, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:31:46.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The isolated quotient q=18191 left by divisor-pair coverage at n=29 has a three-divisor representation for every final radix digit r<29.**

A fixed divisor 29 is combined with a mostly affine carry family and ten exceptional smooth co-divisor pairs.

**Scope.**

For n=29, quotient q=18191, and every residue 0≤r<29.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18TwentyNineCarry.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18TwentyNineCarry.Direct

def carryB : ℕ → ℕ
  | 0 => 918
  | 5 => 667
  | 8 => 3230
  | 9 => 2639
  | 12 => 2210
  | 15 => 845
  | 19 => 1029
  | 20 => 850
  | 23 => 1183
  | 27 => 945
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d9516d58-a3d8-4340-aeb0-90c1ba17e1e4/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18TwentyNineCarry

def carryB : ℕ → ℕ
  | 0 => 918
  | 5 => 667
  | 8 => 3230
  | 9 => 2639
  | 12 => 2210
  | 15 => 845
  | 19 => 1029
  | 20 => 850
  | 23 => 1183
  | 27 => 945
  | r => 74 + r

def carryC : ℕ → ℕ
  | 0 => 526592
  | 5 => 526848
  | 8 => 524288
  | 9 => 524880
  | 12 => 525312
  | 15 => 526680
  | 19 => 526500
  | 20 => 526680
  | 23 => 526350
  | 27 => 526592
  | _ => 527436

/-- The isolated divisor-pair exception at `n=29`, quotient `18191`, is
covered for every final radix digit by a three-divisor carry family. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r : ℕ, r < 29 →
    let D : Finset ℕ := {29, carryB r, carryC r}
    D ⊆ (Nat.factorial 29).divisors ∧
      D.card = 3 ∧
      18191 * 29 + r = D.sum id

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18TwentyNineCarry
```

### 10. All thirteen quotient classes remaining after divisor-pair lifting at n=7 admit a fixed two-divisor prefix an…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/400322c9-f38d-48ce-ac7b-55e5b20ab8d6 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813063332, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:28:58.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**All thirteen quotient classes remaining after divisor-pair lifting at n=7 admit a fixed two-divisor prefix and a third divisor affine in the final radix digit r.**

Thus every target over those quotient classes has a three-divisor representation of 7!.

**Scope.**

For q in {67,71,79,97,101,103,107,109,111,113,115,118,119} and every residue 0≤r<7.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18SevenCarryBase.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18SevenCarryBase.Direct

def exceptionalQuotients : Finset ℕ :=
  {67, 71, 79, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 118, 119}

def carryA : ℕ → ℕ
  | 67 => 105
  | 71 => 315
  | 79 => 504
  | 97 => 315
  | 101 => 560
  | 103 => 630
  | 107 => 28
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/400322c9-f38d-48ce-ac7b-55e5b20ab8d6/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18SevenCarryBase

def exceptionalQuotients : Finset ℕ :=
  {67, 71, 79, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 118, 119}

def carryA : ℕ → ℕ
  | 67 => 105
  | 71 => 315
  | 79 => 504
  | 97 => 315
  | 101 => 560
  | 103 => 630
  | 107 => 28
  | 109 => 42
  | 111 => 56
  | 113 => 70
  | 115 => 84
  | 118 => 105
  | 119 => 112
  | _ => 1

def carryB : ℕ → ℕ
  | 67 => 360
  | 71 => 180
  | 79 => 48
  | 97 => 360
  | 101 => 144
  | 103 => 90
  | 107 => 720
  | 109 => 720
  | 111 => 720
  | 113 => 720
  | 115 => 720
  | 118 => 720
  | 119 => 720
  | _ => 1

def carryC : ℕ → ℕ
  | 67 => 4
  | 71 => 2
  | 79 => 1
  | 97 => 4
  | 101 => 3
  | 103 => 1
  | 107 => 1
  | 109 => 1
  | 111 => 1
  | 113 => 1
  | 115 => 1
  | 118 => 1
  | 119 => 1
  | _ => 1

/-- Every quotient class left after divisor-pair lifting at `n=7` has one
fixed two-divisor prefix and a third divisor affine in the last radix digit. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ q ∈ exceptionalQuotients, ∀ r : ℕ, r < 7 →
    let D : Finset ℕ := {carryA q, carryB q, carryC q + r}
    D ⊆ (Nat.factorial 7).divisors ∧
      D.card = 3 ∧
      q * 7 + r = D.sum id

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18SevenCarryBase
```

### 9. Any quotient represented by at most two divisors of (n−1)!

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c3dffab2-4dd1-4c84-bcc2-08c2b981b8b0 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812644310, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:22:14.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Any quotient represented by at most two divisors of (n−1)!**

Lifts to a three-divisor representation after restoring the final radix digit. Uniform coverage of the finite quotient range implies four-digit compression, and a carry construction handles every residue over the first pair-uncovered quotient q=59 at n=7.

**Scope.**

For n≥7, divisor-pair-covered quotients and uniformly covered finite quotient ranges; also all residues r<7 over q=59 at n=7.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18FiniteQuotientCoverage.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18FiniteQuotientCoverage.Direct

def quotientCovered (N q : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ E : Finset ℕ,
    E ⊆ N.factorial.divisors ∧
    E.card ≤ 2 ∧
    q = E.sum id

theorem factorial_split {n : ℕ} (hn : 0 < n) :
    n.factorial = n * (n - 1).factorial := by
  conv_lhs => rw [show n = (n - 1) + 1 by omega]
  rw [Nat.factorial_succ]
  congr 1
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c3dffab2-4dd1-4c84-bcc2-08c2b981b8b0/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18FiniteQuotientCoverage

/-- A quotient is covered when it is a sum of at most two distinct divisors of
the indicated factorial. -/
def quotientCovered (N q : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ E : Finset ℕ,
    E ⊆ N.factorial.divisors ∧
    E.card ≤ 2 ∧
    q = E.sum id

/-- Distinct divisor pairs lift through one factorial radix, and uniform
two-divisor coverage of the finite quotient range implies four-to-three
compression for the next radix block. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ n m q r x y : ℕ, 7 ≤ n →
    m = q * n + r →
    r < n →
    0 < x →
    0 < y →
    x ≠ y →
    q = x + y →
    x ∣ (n - 1).factorial →
    y ∣ (n - 1).factorial →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ n.factorial.divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      m = D.sum id) ∧
  (∀ n m q r : ℕ, 7 ≤ n →
    m = q * n + r →
    r < n →
    quotientCovered (n - 1) q →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ n.factorial.divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      m = D.sum id) ∧
  (∀ n : ℕ, 7 ≤ n →
    (∀ q : ℕ,
      q < (n - 1) * (n - 2) * (n - 3) →
      quotientCovered (n - 1) q) →
    ∀ m : ℕ,
      m < n * (n - 1) * (n - 2) * (n - 3) →
      ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
        D ⊆ n.factorial.divisors ∧
        D.card ≤ 3 ∧
        m = D.sum id) ∧
  (∀ r : ℕ, r < 7 →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ (Nat.factorial 7).divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      59 * 7 + r = D.sum id)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18FiniteQuotientCoverage
```

### 8. If m=qn+r with r<n and q has a divisor x of (n−1)!

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9be0b0f2-2e1f-401d-a232-d03849d34c5b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811912339, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:10:54.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If m=qn+r with r<n and q has a divisor x of (n−1)!**

Less than one radix step below it, then m is a sum of at most three distinct divisors of n!.

**Scope.**

For all n≥7 and decompositions m=qn+r with r<n, assuming some x divides (n−1)! and satisfies n≤x≤q<x+n.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18QuotientGapCompression.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18QuotientGapCompression.Direct

theorem factorial_split {n : ℕ} (hn : 0 < n) :
    n.factorial = n * (n - 1).factorial := by
  conv_lhs => rw [show n = (n - 1) + 1 by omega]
  rw [Nat.factorial_succ]
  congr 1
  omega

theorem proof :
    ∀ n m q r x : ℕ, 7 ≤ n →
      m = q * n + r →
      r < n →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9be0b0f2-2e1f-401d-a232-d03849d34c5b/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18QuotientGapCompression

/-- A divisor of `(n-1)!` less than one radix step below the quotient gives a
nonlocal three-divisor representation after restoring the final radix digit. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n m q r x : ℕ, 7 ≤ n →
    m = q * n + r →
    r < n →
    n ≤ x →
    x ≤ q →
    q < x + n →
    x ∣ (n - 1).factorial →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ n.factorial.divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      m = D.sum id

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18QuotientGapCompression
```

### 7. Directly merging two canonical factorial-base summands cannot establish four-digit compression: at n=7 the di…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=7
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8eb63014-d35f-45c6-a7f4-009aab9f7dc9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810928516, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:54:55.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Directly merging two canonical factorial-base summands cannot establish four-digit compression: at n=7 the digits 210, 84, 7, and 4 have no pair whose sum divides 7!, although 305=280+24+1 has a nonlocal three-divisor representation.**

**Scope.**

For the n=7 factorial-base representation 305=210+84+7+4, replacing any pair by its sum fails divisibility by 7!; nonlocal recombination survives.

**Artifacts.**

- Finite.lean: Submissions.Erdos18PairMergeFails.Finite.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18PairMergeFails.Finite

theorem proof :
    let digits : Finset ℕ := {210, 84, 7, 4}
    let replacement : Finset ℕ := {1, 24, 280}
    (∀ a ∈ digits, ∀ b ∈ digits, a < b → ¬(a + b ∣ Nat.factorial 7)) ∧
      replacement ⊆ (Nat.factorial 7).divisors ∧
      replacement.card = 3 ∧
      replacement.sum id = 305 ∧
      digits.sum id = 305 := by
  norm_num [Finset.subset_iff, Nat.mem_divisors]

end Submissions.Erdos18PairMergeFails.Finite
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8eb63014-d35f-45c6-a7f4-009aab9f7dc9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18PairMergeFails

/-- At the first four-digit block, no two of the canonical factorial-base
summands can be merged, although a nonlocal three-divisor replacement exists. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  let digits : Finset ℕ := {210, 84, 7, 4}
  let replacement : Finset ℕ := {1, 24, 280}
  (∀ a ∈ digits, ∀ b ∈ digits, a < b →
      ¬(a + b ∣ Nat.factorial 7)) ∧
    replacement ⊆ (Nat.factorial 7).divisors ∧
    replacement.card = 3 ∧
    replacement.sum id = 305 ∧
    digits.sum id = 305

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18PairMergeFails
```

### 6. For every n≥7, each target below the product n(n−1)(n−2)(n−3) is a sum of at most three distinct divisors of…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=6
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:54:40.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent

**For every n≥7, each target below the product n(n−1)(n−2)(n−3) is a sum of at most three distinct divisors of n!.**

This is the exact uniform lemma suggested by the n=7 through 20 computations, now isolated as the live bottleneck rather than asserted from finite evidence. Iterating it over descending four-step factorial blocks would replace four one-digit costs by three and yield a 3n/4+O(1) bound. The direct carry-by-pair-merging mechanism is separately refuted; a proof needs nonlocal additive structure among divisors of n!.

**Scope.**

For all naturals n≥7 and m<n(n−1)(n−2)(n−3), m has a representation by at most three distinct divisors of n!.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18FourDigitCompression

/-- The exact uniform four-factorial-digit compression suggested by the
small computations: every low four-digit block uses at most three divisors. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n m : ℕ, 7 ≤ n →
    m < n * (n - 1) * (n - 2) * (n - 3) →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ n.factorial.divisors ∧
      D.card ≤ 3 ∧
      m = D.sum id

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18FourDigitCompression
```

### 5. Uniform distinct-divisor representation costs are subadditive under products: bounds ka for A and kb for B gi…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8ce0a60f-e9ff-49d0-94dc-2b176148d6c9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810166900, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:43:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Uniform distinct-divisor representation costs are subadditive under products: bounds ka for A and kb for B give ka+kb for AB.**

Reusing one positive block A for t+1 radix positions gives the bound (t+1)ka for A^(t+1).

**Scope.**

For all positive naturals A and B with uniform divisor-sum bounds ka and kb, AB has bound ka+kb; every positive power of A has the iterated additive bound.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18ProductCompression.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18ProductCompression.Direct

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

/-- Every target through `N` has a representation by at most `k` distinct
divisors of `N`. -/
def boundedRep (N k : ℕ) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8ce0a60f-e9ff-49d0-94dc-2b176148d6c9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos18ProductCompression

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

/-- Every target through `N` has a representation by at most `k` distinct
divisors of `N`. -/
def boundedRep (N k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ m : ℕ, m ≤ N →
    ∃ D : Finset ℕ,
      D ⊆ N.divisors ∧ D.card ≤ k ∧ m = D.sum id

/-- Uniform divisor-sum representation costs add under products, and hence
under reusable powers of one practical block. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ A B ka kb : ℕ,
      0 < A → 0 < B →
      boundedRep A ka → boundedRep B kb →
      boundedRep (A * B) (ka + kb) ∧
        practicalH (A * B) ≤ ka + kb) ∧
    (∀ A k t : ℕ,
      0 < A → boundedRep A k →
      boundedRep (A ^ (t + 1)) ((t + 1) * k) ∧
        practicalH (A ^ (t + 1)) ≤ (t + 1) * k)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18ProductCompression
```

### 4. Erdős’s published baseline holds in the inlined Jig definition: for all sufficiently large n, h(n!) < n.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/17fe9aae-fead-4431-a798-c28ad3dc58db (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806841871, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:49:43.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Erdős’s published baseline holds in the inlined Jig definition: for all sufficiently large n, h(n!) < n.**

**Scope.**

For every sufficiently large natural n, practicalH(n!) < n, with practicalH defined by minimum-cardinality distinct-divisor subset sums over targets 1 through n!.

**Artifacts.**

- Induction.lean: Submissions.Erdos18FactorialLinearBound.Induction.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18FactorialLinearBound.Induction

open Filter

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

theorem bounded_representation :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/17fe9aae-fead-4431-a798-c28ad3dc58db/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos18FactorialLinearBound

open Filter

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

/-- Erdős's published linear baseline for factorials. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop, practicalH n.factorial < n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18FactorialLinearBound
```

### 3. Every factorial n! is practical: each natural target m at most n! is a sum of distinct divisors of n!.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/bc245b5b-e0b9-4ba3-9569-cd2c7a66014d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32805145276, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:25:26.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every factorial n! is practical: each natural target m at most n! is a sum of distinct divisors of n!.**

**Scope.**

For all natural n and m with m ≤ n!, m belongs to the finite subset-sum set of the divisors of n!.

**Artifacts.**

- Induction.lean: Submissions.Erdos18FactorialPractical.Induction.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos18FactorialPractical.Induction

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

theorem subsetSums_mono {A B : Set ℕ} (h : A ⊆ B) :
    subsetSums A ⊆ subsetSums B :=
  fun _ ⟨C, hC⟩ => ⟨C, hC.1.trans h, hC.2⟩

theorem proof :
    ∀ n m : ℕ, m ≤ n.factorial → m ∈ subsetSums n.factorial.divisors := by
  intro n
  induction n with
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/bc245b5b-e0b9-4ba3-9569-cd2c7a66014d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors

namespace Statements.Erdos18FactorialPractical

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

/-- Every factorial is practical: each natural target at most `n!` is a sum of
distinct divisors of `n!`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n m : ℕ, m ≤ n.factorial → m ∈ subsetSums n.factorial.divisors

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18FactorialPractical
```

### 2. For every practical natural n, the worst minimum number h(n) of distinct divisors needed for a representation…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d50e12bc-6ebb-4438-857a-972bdad86828 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32804833018, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:20:29.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every practical natural n, the worst minimum number h(n) of distinct divisors needed for a representation is at most the number of divisors of n.**

**Scope.**

For every natural n satisfying the explicit subset-sum definition of practical, practicalH(n) is at most the cardinality of n.divisors.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos18PracticalBound.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos18PracticalBound.Direct

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

theorem proof :
    ∀ n : ℕ,
      (∀ m : ℕ, m ≤ n → m ∈ subsetSums n.divisors) →
      practicalH n ≤ n.divisors.card := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d50e12bc-6ebb-4438-857a-972bdad86828/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos18PracticalBound

def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

/-- Every practical number's worst representation length is at most its number
of divisors. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ,
    (∀ m : ℕ, m ≤ n → m ∈ subsetSums n.divisors) →
    practicalH n ≤ n.divisors.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18PracticalBound
```

### 1. For factorial inputs, the worst minimum number h(n!) of distinct divisors needed to represent a target is eve…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/21?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:19:40.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent

**For factorial inputs, the worst minimum number h(n!) of distinct divisors needed to represent a target is eventually less than (log n)^C for some fixed C>0.**

Canonical translation of the fixed-polylogarithmic factorial form. Search asymmetry: modern SAT/template synthesis can search recursive divisor decompositions and Lean can kernel-check the resulting uniform construction, a search-and-verification route unavailable to the original proposer.

**Scope.**

There exists a real C>0 such that for every sufficiently large natural n, practicalH(n!) < (log n)^C, with practicalH defined by finite distinct-divisor subset sums.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Divisors
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos18FactorialPolylog

open Filter Real

/-- Sums of finite subsets of `A`. This is inlined from the vocabulary used by
Google DeepMind's formal-conjectures statement of Erdős problem 18. -/
def subsetSums (A : Set ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {n | ∃ B : Finset ℕ, ↑B ⊆ A ∧ n = ∑ i ∈ B, i}

/-- The worst minimum number of distinct divisors needed for targets from `1`
through `n`, matching `Erdos18.practicalH` in formal-conjectures. -/
noncomputable def practicalH (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Finset.sup (Finset.Icc 1 n) fun m =>
    sInf {k | ∃ D : Finset ℕ, D ⊆ n.divisors ∧ D.card = k ∧ m ∈ subsetSums D}

/-- Erdős problem 18, strongest factorial form: `h(n!)` is eventually bounded
by a fixed power of `log n`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop, (practicalH n.factorial : ℝ) < (log n) ^ C

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos18FactorialPolylog
```

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