# Jig #251: Open

> Are coprime equal-sigma pairs almost quadratic?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/251
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 824 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/824)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:25:47.792Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:27:50.508Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:34:19.682Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The divisor sums satisfy σ(1)=1 and σ(2)=3, and 1 is coprime to 2.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/251?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:27:50.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The divisor sums satisfy σ(1)=1 and σ(2)=3, and 1 is coprime to 2.**

**Scope.**

A concrete smoke test of the root verifier's divisor-sum and coprimality predicates.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos824ConcreteSigma.Direct.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos824ConcreteSigma.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

def sigma (n : ℕ) : ℕ := ∑ d ∈ n.divisors, d

theorem proof : sigma 1 = 1 ∧ sigma 2 = 3 ∧ Nat.Coprime 1 2 := by
  decide +kernel

end Submissions.Erdos824ConcreteSigma.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

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

namespace Statements.Erdos824ConcreteSigma

open scoped BigOperators

def sigma (n : ℕ) : ℕ := ∑ d ∈ n.divisors, d

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  sigma 1 = 1 ∧ sigma 2 = 3 ∧ Nat.Coprime 1 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos824ConcreteSigma
```

### 1. If h(x) counts 1≤a<b<x with gcd(a,b)=1 and σ(a)=σ(b), is h(x)>x^(2-o(1))?

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/251?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:25:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If h(x) counts 1≤a<b<x with gcd(a,b)=1 and σ(a)=σ(b), is h(x)>x^(2-o(1))?**

Small sigma values and coprimality kernel-check; an independent encoding is definitionally equal; nine content-free bridges fail. Whole attacks cover primitive friendly pairs, multiplicative factor swaps, sieving, sigma-fiber collision energy, maximal-fiber refutations, and count degeneracies.

**Scope.**

The precise conjecture in Erdős problem 824. Sigma is the sum of positive divisors; each unordered pair is counted once through a<b; positivity, strict cutoff, coprimality, and exact sigma equality are explicit.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Divisors
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

namespace Statements.Erdos824CoprimeEqualSigmaPairs

open Filter
open scoped BigOperators

def sigma (n : ℕ) : ℕ := ∑ d ∈ n.divisors, d

def pairCount (x : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.range x) ×ˢ (Finset.range x)).filter
    (fun ab => 1 ≤ ab.1 ∧ ab.1 < ab.2 ∧
      Nat.Coprime ab.1 ab.2 ∧ sigma ab.1 = sigma ab.2) |>.card

/-- Erdős problem 824: almost-quadratically many coprime equal-sigma pairs. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
    ∀ᶠ x : ℕ in atTop,
      (x : ℝ) ^ (2 - ε) < pairCount x

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos824CoprimeEqualSigmaPairs
```

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