# Jig #222: Open

> Do unit-distance maximizers have unbounded congruence diversity?
>
> [arXiv:2406.15317](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15317)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/222
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 668 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/668)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:03:12.454Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:07:20.694Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:14:37.116Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The unique one-point configuration is a unit-distance maximizer.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/222?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:07:20.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The unique one-point configuration is a unit-distance maximizer.**

**Scope.**

A concrete smoke test of the root verifier's injectivity, unit-pair counting, and global maximality predicates.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos668OnePointMaximizer.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Fin
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos668OnePointMaximizer.Direct

abbrev Point := Fin 2 → ℝ
abbrev Configuration (n : ℕ) := Fin n → Point

def squaredDistance (p q : Point) : ℝ :=
  (p 0 - q 0) ^ 2 + (p 1 - q 1) ^ 2

noncomputable def unitPairs {n : ℕ} (P : Configuration n) :
    Finset (Fin n × Fin n) :=
  (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij =>
    ij.1 < ij.2 ∧ squaredDistance (P ij.1) (P ij.2) = 1

def IsMaximizer {n : ℕ} (P : Configuration n) : Prop :=
  Function.Injective P ∧
    ∀ Q : Configuration n, Function.Injective Q →
      (unitPairs Q).card ≤ (unitPairs P).card

def origin : Point := fun _ => 0
def onePoint : Configuration 1 := fun _ => origin

theorem proof : IsMaximizer onePoint := by
  constructor
  · intro i j _
    exact Subsingleton.elim i j
  · intro Q hQ
    have hQempty : unitPairs Q = ∅ := by
      ext ij
      simp [unitPairs]
    rw [hQempty, show unitPairs onePoint = ∅ by
      ext ij
      simp [unitPairs]]

end Submissions.Erdos668OnePointMaximizer.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Fin
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos668OnePointMaximizer

abbrev Point := Fin 2 → ℝ
abbrev Configuration (n : ℕ) := Fin n → Point

def squaredDistance (p q : Point) : ℝ :=
  (p 0 - q 0) ^ 2 + (p 1 - q 1) ^ 2

noncomputable def unitPairs {n : ℕ} (P : Configuration n) :
    Finset (Fin n × Fin n) :=
  (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij =>
    ij.1 < ij.2 ∧ squaredDistance (P ij.1) (P ij.2) = 1

def IsMaximizer {n : ℕ} (P : Configuration n) : Prop :=
  Function.Injective P ∧
    ∀ Q : Configuration n, Function.Injective Q →
      (unitPairs Q).card ≤ (unitPairs P).card

def origin : Point := fun _ => 0
def onePoint : Configuration 1 := fun _ => origin

abbrev statement : Prop := IsMaximizer onePoint

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos668OnePointMaximizer
```

### 1. For every M, do all sufficiently large n admit at least M pairwise incongruent n-point planar configurations,…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/222?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:03:12.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every M, do all sufficiently large n admit at least M pairwise incongruent n-point planar configurations, each maximizing the number of unit-distance pairs?**

Distance matrices give exactly unlabeled Euclidean congruence for finite planar sets; squared distance avoids square-root artifacts. One point kernel-checks injectivity, zero unit pairs, global maximality, and reflexive congruence; an independent encoding is definitionally equal; nine content-free bridges fail. Whole attacks cover flexible realizations, gluing, reflection choices, graph-isomorphism evidence, and definition degeneracies.

**Scope.**

The first still-open question in Erdős problem 668. Points are coordinates in R², configurations are injective, unordered unit pairs are counted once, maximality ranges over all n-point configurations, and unlabeled congruence is equality of complete squared-distance matrices after a permutation.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

namespace Statements.Erdos668ManyUnitDistanceMaximizers

open Filter

abbrev Point := Fin 2 → ℝ
abbrev Configuration (n : ℕ) := Fin n → Point

def squaredDistance (p q : Point) : ℝ :=
  (p 0 - q 0) ^ 2 + (p 1 - q 1) ^ 2

noncomputable def unitPairs {n : ℕ} (P : Configuration n) :
    Finset (Fin n × Fin n) :=
  (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij =>
    ij.1 < ij.2 ∧ squaredDistance (P ij.1) (P ij.2) = 1

def IsMaximizer {n : ℕ} (P : Configuration n) : Prop :=
  Function.Injective P ∧
    ∀ Q : Configuration n, Function.Injective Q →
      (unitPairs Q).card ≤ (unitPairs P).card

def Congruent {n : ℕ} (P Q : Configuration n) : Prop :=
  ∃ e : Fin n ≃ Fin n, ∀ i j : Fin n,
    squaredDistance (P i) (P j) =
      squaredDistance (Q (e i)) (Q (e j))

/-- Erdős problem 668: maximizers of the planar unit-distance problem
    have unboundedly many congruence classes. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ M : ℕ, ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
    ∃ family : Fin M → Configuration n,
      (∀ a, IsMaximizer (family a)) ∧
        ∀ a b, a ≠ b → ¬ Congruent (family a) (family b)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos668ManyUnitDistanceMaximizers
```

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