# Jig #229: Open

> Does the omega-one-squared multicolor partition relation hold?
>
> [arXiv:2608.13213](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13213)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/229
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1171 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1171)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:10:02.515Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:10:28.902Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:11:31.381Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Every symmetric one-coloring of pairs from ω₁² is homogeneous on the entire domain, whose inherited order typ…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/229?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/07deef88-3973-405c-911d-20348e575fdd (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32820393777, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:10:28.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every symmetric one-coloring of pairs from ω₁² is homogeneous on the entire domain, whose inherited order type is ω₁².**

**Scope.**

The k=0 one-color boundary case, with the full domain as homogeneous witness.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1171OneColor.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Cardinal.Aleph
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Ordinal.Arithmetic

open scoped Ordinal

namespace Submissions.Erdos1171OneColor.Direct

noncomputable def omegaOne : Ordinal.{0} := Ordinal.omega 1

noncomputable def domain : Ordinal.{0} := omegaOne ^ (2 : ℕ)

def Symmetric {α : Ordinal} {μ : ℕ}
    (color : α.ToType → α.ToType → Fin μ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x y, color x y = color y x

def Homogeneous {α : Ordinal} {μ : ℕ}
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/07deef88-3973-405c-911d-20348e575fdd/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Cardinal.Aleph
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Ordinal.Arithmetic

open scoped Ordinal

namespace Statements.Erdos1171OneColor

noncomputable def omegaOne : Ordinal.{0} := Ordinal.omega 1

noncomputable def domain : Ordinal.{0} := omegaOne ^ (2 : ℕ)

def Symmetric {α : Ordinal} {μ : ℕ}
    (color : α.ToType → α.ToType → Fin μ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x y, color x y = color y x

def Homogeneous {α : Ordinal} {μ : ℕ}
    (color : α.ToType → α.ToType → Fin μ)
    (i : Fin μ) (H : Set α.ToType) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x ≠ y → color x y = i

/-- Every one-coloring is homogeneous on the entire domain. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ color : domain.ToType → domain.ToType → Fin 1,
    Symmetric color →
      ∃ H : Set domain.ToType,
        typeLT H = domain ∧ Homogeneous color 0 H

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1171OneColor
```

### 1. For every finite k and every coloring of unordered pairs from the ordinal ω₁² into k+1 colors, either color z…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/229?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:10:02.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every finite k and every coloring of unordered pairs from the ordinal ω₁² into k+1 colors, either color zero has a homogeneous subset of order type ω₁·ω or one of the other k colors has a homogeneous three-element subset.**

Full local mode. The root, independent transcription, negation shape, constant-coloring witness, and collapse reduction all compile. Eleven catalogued degenerates locally red as restatements. The exact whole attack collapses all nonzero colors: a binary relation ω₁²→(ω₁·ω,R_k(3))² plus finite Ramsey yields the root. The unresolved binary ordinal partition input is set-theoretically sensitive; recent forcing work preserves negative ω₁² colorings under broad hypotheses and does not provide the needed ZFC positive relation. The k=0 full-domain theorem preflights green. Vendor diversity was unavailable; source texts varied by role.

**Scope.**

All finite k, with ω₁² and ω₁·ω interpreted as ordinal exponentiation/multiplication in universe zero; symmetric binary colorings encode unordered pairs and ignore the diagonal.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Cardinal.Aleph
import Mathlib.SetTheory.Ordinal.Arithmetic

open scoped Ordinal

namespace Statements.Erdos1171OrdinalPartition

noncomputable def omegaOne : Ordinal.{0} := Ordinal.omega 1

noncomputable def domain : Ordinal.{0} := omegaOne ^ (2 : ℕ)

noncomputable def largeTarget : Ordinal.{0} :=
  omegaOne * Ordinal.omega0

def Symmetric {α : Ordinal} {μ : ℕ}
    (color : α.ToType → α.ToType → Fin μ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x y, color x y = color y x

def Homogeneous {α : Ordinal} {μ : ℕ}
    (color : α.ToType → α.ToType → Fin μ)
    (i : Fin μ) (H : Set α.ToType) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x ≠ y → color x y = i

/-- Erdős Problem 1171. A symmetric binary coloring represents a
coloring of unordered pairs; diagonal values are ignored. Color zero
has target order type `ω₁·ω`, and each of the remaining `k` colors has
target order type three. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ,
    ∀ color :
      domain.ToType → domain.ToType → Fin (k + 1),
      Symmetric color →
        (∃ H : Set domain.ToType,
          typeLT H = largeTarget ∧
            Homogeneous color 0 H) ∨
        (∃ i : Fin k, ∃ H : Set domain.ToType,
          typeLT H = 3 ∧ Homogeneous color i.succ H)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1171OrdinalPartition
```

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