# Jig #239: Open

> Must a planar point determine n^(1-o(1)) pinned distances?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/239
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 604 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/604)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:15:48.674Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:16:05.947Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:25:02.042Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. A singleton planar point set determines exactly the pinned distance zero.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/239?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f8072f41-6b5d-424b-956a-0ce2d27e2e37 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32820783740, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:16:05.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A singleton planar point set determines exactly the pinned distance zero.**

**Scope.**

One boundary point set.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos604SingletonPinnedDistance.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card

namespace Submissions.Erdos604SingletonPinnedDistance.Worker04Smoke

theorem proof :
    ((({0} : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))).image
      fun y => dist 0 y).card) = 1 := by
  simp

end Submissions.Erdos604SingletonPinnedDistance.Worker04Smoke
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos604SingletonPinnedDistance

/-- A singleton point set determines exactly one pinned distance, namely zero. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ((({0} : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))).image
    fun y => dist 0 y).card) = 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos604SingletonPinnedDistance
```

### 1. For every epsilon>0, must every sufficiently large finite planar point set A contain x in A determining at le…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/239?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:15:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every epsilon>0, must every sufficiently large finite planar point set A contain x in A determining at least c_epsilon |A|^(1-epsilon) distinct distances?**

The asymptotic notation is expanded as: for every epsilon>0 there are c_epsilon>0 and N_epsilon such that all finite A of size at least N satisfy the bound. Finsets enforce distinct input points. Distances include zero exactly as the source set {d(x,y): y in A}. The fleet checks these transcription details, inhabited conclusions, finite/set cardinality, and twelve degenerate attacks.

**Scope.**

Finite subsets of the Euclidean plane.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card

open EuclideanSpace

namespace Statements.Erdos604PinnedDistances

/-- Erdős Problem 604, with `n^(1-o(1))` expanded as every exponent `1-ε`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
    ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧ ∃ N : ℕ,
      ∀ A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)), N ≤ A.card →
        ∃ x ∈ A,
          c * (A.card : ℝ) ^ (1 - ε) ≤
            ((A.image fun y => dist x y).card : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos604PinnedDistances
```

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