# Jig #26: Open

> Do divergent reciprocal sums force arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions?
>
> [arXiv:1705.01703](https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.01703)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/26
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 3 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/3)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:26:48.379Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-20T13:12:17.911Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-20T13:12:17.911Z
- Statements: 16
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (16)

### 16. For every natural cutoff N and natural thresholds M,L, and every duplicate-free finite list V of natural numb…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=16
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-09-20T13:12:17.000Z by @savcab

**For every natural cutoff N and natural thresholds M,L, and every duplicate-free finite list V of natural numbers, there exists a sublist C such that L < M*degree(C,x) for every x in C.**

Here degree(C,x) counts the distinct increasing nonconstant triples [a,a+d,a+2d] with natural a,d, d>0 and a+2d<=N that are wholly contained in C and contain x. Let E be the list V with all members of C removed, and let F(E) count the same enumerated triples that are wholly contained in E. Then M*F(E) <= L*length(E).

UNPROVED registration for an explicitly admitted server-check rehearsal because the local 3GiB build guard is unmet. No local preflight or separately compiled witness is claimed. Mechanical packaging of the saved Init-only finite hypergraph peeling and AP-specialized removed-set budget. The proof derives the counting bridge from disjoint nonempty edges and duplicate-free vertices and proves completeness and duplicate-freeness of its bounded AP enumeration. Standard finite peeling/counting formalization, with no novelty, full-root or prize claim. Classical graph-core peeling is credited to Batagelj–Zaveršnik as background only; the cited paper does not state this exact hypergraph/AP counting budget.

**Scope.**

Finite AP-core removal theorem for all natural N,M,L and duplicate-free natural vertex lists. The core is allowed to be empty. M=0 is retained without division. Vertices need not lie in [0,N], but only progressions wholly in [0,N] are counted; all progressions of the vertex set are counted only when it is contained in that interval. No positive lower core size, supersaturation, infinite reciprocal-sum or every-length AP conclusion is asserted.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J6P26FiniteAPCoreRemoval

def active (edge vertices : List Nat) : Bool :=
  edge.all (fun x => vertices.contains x)

def live (edges : List (List Nat)) (vertices : List Nat) : List (List Nat) :=
  edges.filter (fun edge => active edge vertices)

def degree (edges : List (List Nat)) (vertices : List Nat) (x : Nat) : Nat :=
  (live edges vertices).countP (fun edge => edge.contains x)

def difference (vertices core : List Nat) : List Nat :=
  vertices.filter (fun x => !(core.contains x))

def uniqueEdges : List (List Nat) → List (List Nat)
  | [] => []
  | edge :: edges =>
    let rest := uniqueEdges edges
    if edge ∈ rest then rest else edge :: rest

def rawAPEdges (N : Nat) : List (List Nat) :=
  (List.range (N + 1)).flatMap fun a =>
    (List.range (N + 1)).flatMap fun d =>
      if 0 < d ∧ a + 2 * d ≤ N then [[a, a + d, a + 2 * d]] else []

def apEdges (N : Nat) : List (List Nat) := uniqueEdges (rawAPEdges N)

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (N M L : Nat) (vertices : List Nat)
    (hv : vertices.Nodup),
    ∃ core : List Nat,
      List.Sublist core vertices ∧
      (∀ x ∈ core, L < M * degree (apEdges N) core x) ∧
      M * (live (apEdges N) (difference vertices core)).length ≤
        L * (difference vertices core).length

end Statements.J6P26FiniteAPCoreRemoval
```

### 15. For an integer module, an abstract Nat-valued rank subadditive under addition and subtraction, and maps e1,e2…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=15
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/edf52952-821d-49d6-9ea6-55e86ee662dd (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005395134, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T21:24:32.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For an integer module, an abstract Nat-valued rank subadditive under addition and subtraction, and maps e1,e2,e3, assume e1/e2 preserve subtraction and do not increase rank, the explicitly displayed three-map residual of q is zero, and rho(e1(q))≤a, rho(e2(q))≤b, rho(e3(q))≤c.**

Then rho(q)<=a+2*b+4*c. In the same conjunction, for any type with zero and row/column indices in Fin4, the nested masks retaining an entry when row or column equals 3, then2, then1, always give zero.

**Scope.**

For an integer module, an abstract Nat-valued rank subadditive under addition and subtraction, and maps e1,e2,e3, assume e1/e2 preserve subtraction and do not increase rank, the explicitly displayed three-map residual of q is zero, and rho(e1(q))<=a, rho(e2(q))<=b, rho(e3(q))<=c. Then rho(q)<=a+2*b+4*c. In the same conjunction, for any type with zero and row/column indices in Fin4, the nested masks retaining an entry when row or column equals 3, then2, then1, always give zero.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P26ProjectionRankCover.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P26ProjectionRankCover.Proof

universe u

def drop {V : Type u} [Zero V] (i row col : Fin 4) (x : V) : V :=
  if row=i ∨ col=i then x else 0

theorem three_mask_residual {V : Type u} [Zero V] (row col : Fin 4) (x : V) :
    drop 1 row col (drop 2 row col (drop 3 row col x))=0 := by
  have h : (row ≠ 1 ∧ col ≠ 1) ∨ (row ≠ 2 ∧ col ≠ 2) ∨ (row ≠ 3 ∧ col ≠ 3) := by
    omega
  cases h with
  | inl h => simp_all [drop]
  | inr h =>
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/edf52952-821d-49d6-9ea6-55e86ee662dd/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P26ProjectionRankCover

universe u

def drop {V : Type u} [Zero V] (i row col : Fin 4) (x : V) : V :=
  if row=i ∨ col=i then x else 0

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ {V : Type u} [Lean.Grind.IntModule V]
    (rho : V -> Nat) (e1 e2 e3 : V -> V) (q : V)
    (s1 : forall x y, e1 (x-y)=e1 x-e1 y)
    (s2 : forall x y, e2 (x-y)=e2 x-e2 y)
    (radd : forall x y, rho (x+y)<=rho x+rho y)
    (rsub : forall x y, rho (x-y)<=rho x+rho y)
    (r1 : forall x, rho (e1 x)<=rho x)
    (r2 : forall x, rho (e2 x)<=rho x)
    (hz : (q-e3 q)-e2 (q-e3 q)-e1 ((q-e3 q)-e2 (q-e3 q))=0)
    (a b c : Nat) (ha : rho (e1 q)<=a) (hb : rho (e2 q)<=b)
    (hc : rho (e3 q)<=c), rho q<=a+2*b+4*c) ∧
  (∀ {V : Type u} [Zero V] (row col : Fin 4) (x : V), drop 1 row col (drop 2 row col (drop 3 row col x))=0)

end Statements.J5P26ProjectionRankCover
```

### 14. Over any ring, for input and output modules and an additive-group codomain, this conjunction proves two state…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0df6a402-8f29-4f79-915d-7d0a3c91eb12 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005388325, axioms: propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T21:23:38.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Over any ring, for input and output modules and an additive-group codomain, this conjunction proves two statements.**

First, a raw A1+(A2 intersection A3) cover of the common-zero domain of three additive maps refines to a cover whose two summands stay in that domain, provided the respective maps vanish on their anchor submodules. Second, two such domain covers, all three pairwise output covers, separate additivity of Q, and its vanishing on each domain-anchor by corresponding output-anchor rectangle imply Q(h,z)=0 for every h in D and every output z. All covers, additive-map identities and zero assumptions are explicit in the formal statement; input, output and codomain types may differ.

**Scope.**

Over any ring, for input and output modules and an additive-group codomain, this conjunction proves two statements. First, a raw A1+(A2 intersection A3) cover of the common-zero domain of three additive maps refines to a cover whose two summands stay in that domain, provided the respective maps vanish on their anchor submodules. Second, two such domain covers, all three pairwise output covers, separate additivity of Q, and its vanishing on each domain-anchor by corresponding output-anchor rectangle imply Q(h,z)=0 for every h in D and every output z. All covers, additive-map identities and zero assumptions are explicit in the formal statement; input, output and codomain types may differ.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P26RectangularGluing.Proof.solves

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Module.Submodule.Defs

namespace Submissions.J5P26RectangularGluing.Proof

universe uR uU uO uK

variable {R U O K : Type*} [Ring R] [AddCommGroup U] [Module R U]
variable [AddCommGroup O] [Module R O]

def Cover (D A B C : Submodule R U) : Prop :=
  ∀ h, h ∈ D → ∃ x y, x ∈ D ∧ x ∈ A ∧ y ∈ D ∧ y ∈ B ∧ y ∈ C ∧ h = x + y

theorem refine_cover [AddCommGroup K]
    (D A1 A2 A3 : Submodule R U) (f1 f2 f3 : U → K)
    (f1a : ∀ x y, f1 (x + y) = f1 x + f1 y)
    (f2a : ∀ x y, f2 (x + y) = f2 x + f2 y)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0df6a402-8f29-4f79-915d-7d0a3c91eb12/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Module.Submodule.Defs

namespace Statements.J5P26RectangularGluing

universe uR uU uO uK

variable {R U O K : Type*} [Ring R] [AddCommGroup U] [Module R U]
variable [AddCommGroup O] [Module R O]

def Cover (D A B C : Submodule R U) : Prop :=
  ∀ h, h ∈ D → ∃ x y, x ∈ D ∧ x ∈ A ∧ y ∈ D ∧ y ∈ B ∧ y ∈ C ∧ h = x + y

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ {R : Type uR} {U : Type uU} {K : Type uK} [Ring R] [AddCommGroup U] [Module R U] [AddCommGroup K]
    (D A1 A2 A3 : Submodule R U) (f1 f2 f3 : U → K)
    (f1a : ∀ x y, f1 (x + y) = f1 x + f1 y)
    (f2a : ∀ x y, f2 (x + y) = f2 x + f2 y)
    (f3a : ∀ x y, f3 (x + y) = f3 x + f3 y)
    (dmem : ∀ u, u ∈ D ↔ f1 u = 0 ∧ f2 u = 0 ∧ f3 u = 0)
    (v1 : ∀ u, u ∈ A1 → f1 u = 0)
    (v2 : ∀ u, u ∈ A2 → f2 u = 0)
    (v3 : ∀ u, u ∈ A3 → f3 u = 0)
    (raw : ∀ h, h ∈ D → ∃ x y, x ∈ A1 ∧ y ∈ A2 ∧ y ∈ A3 ∧ h = x + y), Cover D A1 A2 A3) ∧
  (∀ {R : Type uR} {U : Type uU} {O : Type uO} {K : Type uK} [Ring R] [AddCommGroup U] [Module R U] [AddCommGroup O] [Module R O] [AddCommGroup K]
    (D A1 A2 A3 : Submodule R U) (W1 W2 W3 : Submodule R O)
    (c1 : Cover D A1 A2 A3) (c2 : Cover D A2 A1 A3)
    (Q : U → O → K)
    (qa : ∀ x y z, Q (x + y) z = Q x z + Q y z)
    (qz : ∀ h x y, Q h (x + y) = Q h x + Q h y)
    (w12 : ∀ z, ∃ x y, x ∈ W1 ∧ y ∈ W2 ∧ z = x + y)
    (w13 : ∀ z, ∃ x y, x ∈ W1 ∧ y ∈ W3 ∧ z = x + y)
    (w23 : ∀ z, ∃ x y, x ∈ W2 ∧ y ∈ W3 ∧ z = x + y)
    (v1 : ∀ h, h ∈ D → h ∈ A1 → ∀ z, z ∈ W1 → Q h z = 0)
    (v2 : ∀ h, h ∈ D → h ∈ A2 → ∀ z, z ∈ W2 → Q h z = 0)
    (v3 : ∀ h, h ∈ D → h ∈ A3 → ∀ z, z ∈ W3 → Q h z = 0)
    (h : U) (hd : h ∈ D) (z : O), Q h z = 0)

end Statements.J5P26RectangularGluing
```

### 13. Four equally spaced integers contained in three prescribed slots have zero step.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=13
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1f7380b5-43c4-4714-a094-18ebb44e9db9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005380445, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T20:52:00.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Four equally spaced integers contained in three prescribed slots have zero step.**

An integer affine function vanishing at a full two-dimensional corner with nonzero step has both slopes zero. Zero-one integers a,b with at least one zero satisfy a+b-2<0. For the exact residues {4,5,8,9,10} modulo31, every nonzero-step four-AP is excluded; the lift defined by x+y and x+2y contains (0,4),(1,4),(0,5) and has25 points; its encoded midpoint entries at (3,3),(6,6),(3,6),(6,3) are0,0,1,1.

**Scope.**

Four equally spaced integers contained in three prescribed slots have zero step. An integer affine function vanishing at a full two-dimensional corner with nonzero step has both slopes zero. Zero-one integers a,b with at least one zero satisfy a+b-2<0. For the exact residues {4,5,8,9,10} modulo31, every nonzero-step four-AP is excluded; the lift defined by x+y and x+2y contains (0,4),(1,4),(0,5) and has25 points; its encoded midpoint entries at (3,3),(6,6),(3,6),(6,3) are0,0,1,1.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P26CornerTransfer.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P26CornerTransfer.Proof

theorem four_values_three_slots (x d a b c : Int)
    (h0 : x=a ∨ x=b ∨ x=c)
    (h1 : x+d=a ∨ x+d=b ∨ x+d=c)
    (h2 : x+2*d=a ∨ x+2*d=b ∨ x+2*d=c)
    (h3 : x+3*d=a ∨ x+3*d=b ∨ x+3*d=c) : d=0 := by
  rcases h0 with h0 | h0 | h0 <;>
    rcases h1 with h1 | h1 | h1 <;>
    rcases h2 with h2 | h2 | h2 <;>
    rcases h3 with h3 | h3 | h3 <;> omega

theorem affine_zero_corner (a b c x y d : Int) (hd : d ≠ 0)
    (h0 : a*x+b*y+c=0)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1f7380b5-43c4-4714-a094-18ebb44e9db9/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P26CornerTransfer

abbrev member31 (n : Nat) : Bool :=
  n%31 == 4 || n%31 == 5 || n%31 == 8 || n%31 == 9 || n%31 == 10

abbrev lift31 (x y : Nat) : Bool :=
  member31 (x+y) && member31 (x+2*y)

abbrev midpoint31 (x y : Nat) : Nat :=
  if member31 (21*(2*x+y)) && member31 (21*(x+2*y)) then 1 else 0

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (x d a b c : Int)
    (h0 : x=a ∨ x=b ∨ x=c)
    (h1 : x+d=a ∨ x+d=b ∨ x+d=c)
    (h2 : x+2*d=a ∨ x+2*d=b ∨ x+2*d=c)
    (h3 : x+3*d=a ∨ x+3*d=b ∨ x+3*d=c), d=0) ∧
  (∀ (a b c x y d : Int) (hd : d ≠ 0)
    (h0 : a*x+b*y+c=0)
    (h1 : a*(x+d)+b*y+c=0)
    (h2 : a*x+b*(y+d)+c=0), a=0 ∧ b=0) ∧
  (∀ (a b : Int)
    (ha : a=0 ∨ a=1) (hb : b=0 ∨ b=1)
    (hz : a=0 ∨ b=0), a+b-2 < 0) ∧
  ((∀ a d : Fin 31, d.val ≠ 0 →
      ¬(member31 a.val=true ∧ member31 (a.val+d.val)=true ∧
        member31 (a.val+2*d.val)=true ∧ member31 (a.val+3*d.val)=true)) ∧
    lift31 0 4=true ∧ lift31 1 4=true ∧ lift31 0 5=true ∧
    ((List.range 31).flatMap (fun x => (List.range 31).filter (fun y => lift31 x y))).length=25 ∧
    midpoint31 3 3=0 ∧ midpoint31 6 6=0 ∧
    midpoint31 3 6=1 ∧ midpoint31 6 3=1)

end Statements.J5P26CornerTransfer
```

### 12. For the six displayed lists in [0,15), every stage is four-AP-free and has nine pairwise distinct entries; ea…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a8010f0d-88f0-4c2f-bf0e-c8e70ef07b55 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005373594
- Filed: 2026-09-14T20:51:01.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For the six displayed lists in [0,15), every stage is four-AP-free and has nine pairwise distinct entries; each consecutive pair differs by exactly one removed and one inserted element.**

The displayed final list is four-AP-free, has ten pairwise distinct entries, contains the last stage, and contains11 which the last stage omits.

**Scope.**

For the six displayed lists in [0,15), every stage is four-AP-free and has nine pairwise distinct entries; each consecutive pair differs by exactly one removed and one inserted element. The displayed final list is four-AP-free, has ten pairwise distinct entries, contains the last stage, and contains11 which the last stage omits.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P26NeutralExchange.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P26NeutralExchange.Proof

def path : Array (List Nat) := #[[0,1,2,4,5,9,10,12,14],[0,1,3,4,5,9,10,12,14],[0,1,3,4,9,10,12,13,1
def finalSet : List Nat := [0,1,3,6,7,8,10,11,13,14]

abbrev APFree (s : List Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ a : Fin 15, ∀ d : Fin 5, 0 < d.val → a.val+3*d.val < 15 →
    (s.contains a.val && s.contains (a.val+d.val) &&
      s.contains (a.val+2*d.val) && s.contains (a.val+3*d.val)) = false

def step (i : Fin 6) : List Nat := path[i.val]!

theorem path_free : ∀ i : Fin 6, APFree (step i) := by
  unfold APFree step path
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a8010f0d-88f0-4c2f-bf0e-c8e70ef07b55/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P26NeutralExchange

def path : Array (List Nat) := #[[0,1,2,4,5,9,10,12,14],[0,1,3,4,5,9,10,12,14],[0,1,3,4,9,10,12,13,14],[0,1,3,7,9,10,12,13,14],[0,1,3,6,7,10,12,13,14],[0,1,3,6,7,8,10,13,14]]

def finalSet : List Nat := [0,1,3,6,7,8,10,11,13,14]

abbrev APFree (s : List Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ a : Fin 15, ∀ d : Fin 5, 0 < d.val → a.val+3*d.val < 15 →
    (s.contains a.val && s.contains (a.val+d.val) &&
      s.contains (a.val+2*d.val) && s.contains (a.val+3*d.val)) = false

def step (i : Fin 6) : List Nat := path[i.val]!

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ i : Fin 6, APFree (step i)) ∧
  (∀ i : Fin 6,
    (step i).length = 9 ∧ (step i).Pairwise (fun x y => x ≠ y)) ∧
  (∀ i : Fin 5,
    ((path[i.val]!).filter (fun x => !(path[i.val+1]!).contains x)).length = 1 ∧
    ((path[i.val+1]!).filter (fun x => !(path[i.val]!).contains x)).length = 1) ∧
  (APFree finalSet ∧ finalSet.length = 10 ∧
    finalSet.Pairwise (fun x y => x ≠ y) ∧
    (∀ x : Fin 15, (path[5]!).contains x.val = true → finalSet.contains x.val = true) ∧
    (path[5]!).contains 11 = false ∧ finalSet.contains 11 = true)

end Statements.J5P26NeutralExchange
```

### 11. For digits {0,1,2,4} modulo7: every four-term cyclic progression in the digit set has zero step, every residu…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=11
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9dc73f5b-e1e2-44fe-aab2-851eb113052c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005366474, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T20:09:04.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For digits {0,1,2,4} modulo7: every four-term cyclic progression in the digit set has zero step, every residue is a sum of two digits, every natural-number four-term AP whose first n base7 digits are allowed has step divisible by7^n, and the displayed base support convolution is16 at all seven shifts.**

**Scope.**

For digits {0,1,2,4} modulo7: every four-term cyclic progression in the digit set has zero step, every residue is a sum of two digits, every natural-number four-term AP whose first n base7 digits are allowed has step divisible by7^n, and the displayed base support convolution is16 at all seven shifts.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P26SumsetPlateau.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P26SumsetPlateau.Proof

def good7 (x : Nat) : Prop := x = 0 ∨ x = 1 ∨ x = 2 ∨ x = 4

instance (x : Nat) : Decidable (good7 x) := inferInstanceAs (Decidable (x = 0 ∨ x = 1 ∨ x = 2 ∨ x =

def digit7 (x : Nat) : Prop := good7 (x % 7)

def digits7 : Nat → Nat → Prop :=
  Nat.rec (motive := fun _ => Nat → Prop)
    (fun _ => True)
    (fun _ ih a => digit7 a ∧ ih (a / 7))

theorem base_four_free : ∀ (a d : Fin 7),
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9dc73f5b-e1e2-44fe-aab2-851eb113052c/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P26SumsetPlateau

def good7 (x : Nat) : Prop := x = 0 ∨ x = 1 ∨ x = 2 ∨ x = 4

instance (x : Nat) : Decidable (good7 x) := inferInstanceAs (Decidable (x = 0 ∨ x = 1 ∨ x = 2 ∨ x = 4))

def digit7 (x : Nat) : Prop := good7 (x % 7)

def digits7 : Nat → Nat → Prop :=
  Nat.rec (motive := fun _ => Nat → Prop)
    (fun _ => True)
    (fun _ ih a => digit7 a ∧ ih (a / 7))

def digitList : List Nat := [0,1,2,4]

def sumList : List Nat := digitList.flatMap fun a => digitList.map fun b => (a+b)%7

def convolution7 (t : Nat) : Nat :=
  ((digitList.flatMap fun a => digitList.map fun b => (a+b+7-t)%7).filter
    fun z => sumList.contains z).length

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (a d : Fin 7),
    good7 a.val → good7 ((a.val+d.val)%7) →
    good7 ((a.val+2*d.val)%7) → good7 ((a.val+3*d.val)%7) → d.val = 0) ∧
  (∀ t : Fin 7, ∃ a b : Fin 7,
    good7 a.val ∧ good7 b.val ∧ (a.val+b.val)%7 = t.val) ∧
  (∀ (n a d : Nat), digits7 n a → digits7 n (a+d) → digits7 n (a+2*d) → digits7 n (a+3*d) → 7^n ∣ d) ∧
  (∀ t : Fin 7, convolution7 t.val = 16)

end Statements.J5P26SumsetPlateau
```

### 10. The displayed twelve-element subset of [0,19) is strictly increasing and four-AP-free; the displayed table is…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=10
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/86019326-2ac1-4f98-ac64-5d70983c4d5f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/35005359243, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T20:07:59.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**The displayed twelve-element subset of [0,19) is strictly increasing and four-AP-free; the displayed table is exactly its increasing three-AP index triples; every Fin4096 binary mask has a monochromatic triple; the displayed three-color assignment has none.**

**Scope.**

The displayed twelve-element subset of [0,19) is strictly increasing and four-AP-free; the displayed table is exactly its increasing three-AP index triples; every Fin4096 binary mask has a monochromatic triple; the displayed three-color assignment has none.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J5P26RecordThinning.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J5P26RecordThinning.Proof

def vertices : List Nat := [0,1,2,4,5,7,8,9,14,16,17,18]

def triples : List (Nat × Nat × Nat) := [(0,1,2),(0,2,3),(0,3,6),(0,5,8),(0,6,9),(0,7,11),(1,3,5),(1

def fourFree : Bool :=
  !((List.range 19).any (fun a => (List.range 7).any (fun d =>
    decide (0<d ∧ a+3*d<19) && (List.range 4).all (fun j => vertices.contains (a+j*d)))))

def hasMono (mask : Nat) : Bool :=
  triples.any (fun e => (mask.testBit e.1 == mask.testBit e.2.1) &&
    (mask.testBit e.2.1 == mask.testBit e.2.2))
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/86019326-2ac1-4f98-ac64-5d70983c4d5f/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J5P26RecordThinning

def vertices : List Nat := [0,1,2,4,5,7,8,9,14,16,17,18]

def triples : List (Nat × Nat × Nat) := [(0,1,2),(0,2,3),(0,3,6),(0,5,8),(0,6,9),(0,7,11),(1,3,5),(1,4,7),(1,7,10),(2,4,6),(2,6,8),(2,7,9),(3,7,8),(4,5,7),(5,6,7),(8,9,11),(9,10,11)]

def fourFree : Bool :=
  !((List.range 19).any (fun a => (List.range 7).any (fun d =>
    decide (0<d ∧ a+3*d<19) && (List.range 4).all (fun j => vertices.contains (a+j*d)))))

def hasMono (mask : Nat) : Bool :=
  triples.any (fun e => (mask.testBit e.1 == mask.testBit e.2.1) &&
    (mask.testBit e.2.1 == mask.testBit e.2.2))

def colors : List Nat := [0,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1]

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (vertices.length=12 ∧ vertices.Pairwise (fun x y => x<y) ∧
    vertices.all (fun x => decide (x<19))=true ∧ fourFree=true) ∧
  (triples =
    (List.range 12).flatMap (fun i => (List.range 12).flatMap (fun j =>
      (List.range 12).flatMap (fun k =>
        if i<j ∧ j<k ∧ vertices[i]! + vertices[k]! = 2*vertices[j]!
        then [(i,j,k)] else [])))) ∧
  (∀ mask : Fin 4096, hasMono mask.val=true) ∧
  (colors.length=12 ∧
    colors.all (fun x => decide (x<3))=true ∧
    triples.all (fun e => !((colors[e.1]! == colors[e.2.1]!) &&
      (colors[e.2.1]! == colors[e.2.2]!)))=true)

end Statements.J5P26RecordThinning
```

### 9. For every natural modulus p≥31 and i,j∈Fin4, the nonconstant normalized consecutive-triple, gapped-triple and…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/db60a6de-bace-4119-8b20-fed7ceaca6b5 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876533957, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:40:57.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For every natural modulus p≥31 and i,j∈Fin4, the nonconstant normalized consecutive-triple, gapped-triple and simultaneous four-point affine congruence templates are exactly the listed index pairs.**

The simultaneous templates are precisely(i,j)=(0,1) or(3,2).

**Scope.**

For every natural modulus p≥31 and i,j∈Fin4, the nonconstant normalized consecutive-triple, gapped-triple and simultaneous four-point affine congruence templates are exactly the listed index pairs. The simultaneous templates are precisely(i,j)=(0,1) or(3,2).

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P26QuarticTemplates.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P26QuarticTemplates.Proof

def det (z i j k : Fin 4) : Int :=
  (z.val : Int)*((j.val : Int)-(i.val : Int))-((k.val : Int)-(i.val : Int))

theorem det_bound : ∀ z i j k : Fin 4, (det z i j k).natAbs ≤ 18 := by
  decide

theorem mod_lift (p : Nat) (hp : 31 ≤ p) (z i j k : Fin 4) :
    det z i j k % (p : Int) = 0 ↔ det z i j k = 0 := by
  constructor
  · intro h
    apply Int.eq_zero_of_dvd_of_natAbs_lt_natAbs (Int.dvd_of_emod_eq_zero h)
    have hb := det_bound z i j k
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/db60a6de-bace-4119-8b20-fed7ceaca6b5/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P26QuarticTemplates

def det (z i j k : Fin 4) : Int :=
  (z.val : Int)*((j.val : Int)-(i.val : Int))-((k.val : Int)-(i.val : Int))

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ (p : Nat) (hp : 31 ≤ p) (i j : Fin 4),
(i ≠ j ∧ ∃ k : Fin 4, det 2 i j k % (p : Int) = 0) ↔
    ((i=0 ∧ j=1) ∨ (i=1 ∧ j=2) ∨ (i=2 ∧ j=1) ∨ (i=3 ∧ j=2))) ∧
(∀ (p : Nat) (hp : 31 ≤ p) (i j : Fin 4),
(i ≠ j ∧ ∃ k : Fin 4, det 3 i j k % (p : Int) = 0) ↔
    ((i=0 ∧ j=1) ∨ (i=3 ∧ j=2))) ∧
(∀ (p : Nat) (hp : 31 ≤ p) (i j : Fin 4),
(i ≠ j ∧ (∃ k : Fin 4, det 2 i j k % (p : Int) = 0) ∧
      (∃ k : Fin 4, det 3 i j k % (p : Int) = 0)) ↔
    ((i=0 ∧ j=1) ∨ (i=3 ∧ j=2)))

end Statements.J4P26QuarticTemplates
```

### 8. For positive k and scale M, a k-AP-free set cannot cover every block t< B by a reachable state having a nonem…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=8
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6efa3c77-ca0f-4601-b667-6632d92058f2 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876528151, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:40:55.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For positive k and scale M, a k-AP-free set cannot cover every block t< B by a reachable state having a nonempty common suffix language, if every state coloring of Fin B has a monochromatic positive-step k-AP and reachable-state/suffix joins always lie in the set at C+M*t+s.**

**Scope.**

For positive k and scale M, a k-AP-free set cannot cover every block t< B by a reachable state having a nonempty common suffix language, if every state coloring of Fin B has a monochromatic positive-step k-AP and reachable-state/suffix joins always lie in the set at C+M*t+s.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P26StateObstruction.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P26StateObstruction.Proof

def Ramsey (Q : Type) (B k : Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ c : Fin B → Q, ∃ a d : Nat, ∃ q : Q, 0 < d ∧
    ∀ j : Fin k, ∃ t : Fin B, t.val = a+j.val*d ∧ c t = q

def APFree (A : Nat → Prop) (k : Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ a d : Nat, 0 < d → ¬ (∀ j : Fin k, A (a+j.val*d))

theorem affine_identity (C M a d s j : Nat) :
    C+M*(a+j*d)+s = (C+M*a+s)+j*(M*d) := by
  have hmul : M*(j*d) = j*(M*d) := by
    rw [← Nat.mul_assoc, Nat.mul_comm M j, Nat.mul_assoc]
  simp only [Nat.mul_add]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6efa3c77-ca0f-4601-b667-6632d92058f2/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P26StateObstruction

def Ramsey (Q : Type) (B k : Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ c : Fin B → Q, ∃ a d : Nat, ∃ q : Q, 0 < d ∧
    ∀ j : Fin k, ∃ t : Fin B, t.val = a+j.val*d ∧ c t = q

def APFree (A : Nat → Prop) (k : Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ a d : Nat, 0 < d → ¬ (∀ j : Fin k, A (a+j.val*d))

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ {Q : Type} {B k C M : Nat}
    (hk : 0 < k) (hM : 0 < M) (ramsey : Ramsey Q B k)
    (A : Nat → Prop) (free : APFree A k)
    (reach : Fin B → Q → Prop) (suffix : Q → Nat → Prop)
    (join : ∀ t q s, reach t q → suffix q s → A (C+M*t.val+s)),
¬ (∀ t : Fin B, ∃ q : Q, reach t q ∧ ∃ s : Nat, suffix q s))

end Statements.J4P26StateObstruction
```

### 7. Over any Type-valued field with decidable equality and nonzero2 and3, the function t↦axisSpike(-1,t,0,1) is n…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=7
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/12379674-6e50-40f6-a9c7-bb8c5e5c6be8 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876521979, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:40:52.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Over any Type-valued field with decidable equality and nonzero2 and3, the function t↦axisSpike(-1,t,0,1) is not any quadratic polynomial.**

If4 is also nonzero, it is not any cubic polynomial.

**Scope.**

Over any Type-valued field with decidable equality and nonzero2 and3, the function t↦axisSpike(-1,t,0,1) is not any quadratic polynomial. If4 is also nonzero, it is not any cubic polynomial.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P26SpikeObstruction.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P26SpikeObstruction.Proof

def axisSpike {K : Type u} [Lean.Grind.CommRing K] [DecidableEq K]
    (c x y z : K) : K := if x = 0 ∧ y = 0 then c*z else 0

theorem cross_minor_inputs
    {K : Type u} [Lean.Grind.CommRing K]
    (u0 u1 u2 h0 h1 h2 v0 v1 v2 : K)
    (hu : u0*v0+u1*v1+u2*v2 = 0)
    (hh : h0*v0+h1*v1+h2*v2 = 0) :
    (u1*h2-u2*h1)*v2 = (u0*h1-u1*h0)*v0 ∧
      (u2*h0-u0*h2)*v2 = (u0*h1-u1*h0)*v1 := by
  constructor <;> grind
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/12379674-6e50-40f6-a9c7-bb8c5e5c6be8/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P26SpikeObstruction

def axisSpike {K : Type u} [Lean.Grind.CommRing K] [DecidableEq K]
    (c x y z : K) : K := if x = 0 ∧ y = 0 then c*z else 0

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ {K : Type} [Lean.Grind.Field K] [DecidableEq K]
    (h2 : (2 : K) ≠ 0) (h3 : (3 : K) ≠ 0),
¬ ∃ a b c : K, ∀ t : K, a*t*t+b*t+c = axisSpike (-1) t 0 1) ∧
(∀ {K : Type} [Lean.Grind.Field K] [DecidableEq K]
    (h2 : (2 : K) ≠ 0) (h3 : (3 : K) ≠ 0) (h4 : (4 : K) ≠ 0),
¬ ∃ a b c d : K, ∀ t : K, a*t*t*t+b*t*t+c*t+d = axisSpike (-1) t 0 1)

end Statements.J4P26SpikeObstruction
```

### 6. Every four-AP-free subset of the integer interval[0,15) has at most10 elements.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=6
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c17d8aaf-5eb7-4326-a6b1-eaceace25978 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876515864, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:40:50.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**Every four-AP-free subset of the integer interval[0,15) has at most10 elements.**

The only masks with at least10 elements are27099 and28107. Any improvement beyond the explicit nine-point mask22071 deletes exactly five of its original points; mask28107 attains size10 and that deletion count.

**Scope.**

Every four-AP-free subset of the integer interval[0,15) has at most10 elements. The only masks with at least10 elements are27099 and28107. Any improvement beyond the explicit nine-point mask22071 deletes exactly five of its original points; mask28107 attains size10 and that deletion count.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P26ExchangeDepth.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P26ExchangeDepth.Proof

def card (m : Nat) : Nat :=
  ((List.range 15).filter (fun x => m.testBit x)).length

def removed (m : Nat) : Nat :=
  ([0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14].filter (fun x => !(m.testBit x))).length

abbrev APFree (m : Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ a : Fin 15, ∀ d : Fin 5, 0 < d.val → a.val + 3*d.val < 15 →
    (m.testBit a.val && m.testBit (a.val+d.val) &&
      m.testBit (a.val+2*d.val) && m.testBit (a.val+3*d.val)) = false

theorem block_0 : ∀ mid : Fin 32, ∀ lo : Fin 32,
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c17d8aaf-5eb7-4326-a6b1-eaceace25978/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P26ExchangeDepth

def card (m : Nat) : Nat :=
  ((List.range 15).filter (fun x => m.testBit x)).length

def removed (m : Nat) : Nat :=
  ([0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14].filter (fun x => !(m.testBit x))).length

abbrev APFree (m : Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ a : Fin 15, ∀ d : Fin 5, 0 < d.val → a.val + 3*d.val < 15 →
    (m.testBit a.val && m.testBit (a.val+d.val) &&
      m.testBit (a.val+2*d.val) && m.testBit (a.val+3*d.val)) = false

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ (m : Fin 32768),
10 ≤ card m.val → APFree m.val → m.val = 27099 ∨ m.val = 28107) ∧
(∀ (m : Fin 32768) (hf : APFree m.val),
card m.val ≤ 10) ∧
(∀ (m : Fin 32768) (hf : APFree m.val)
    (hc : 9 < card m.val),
removed m.val = 5) ∧
(APFree 22071 ∧ card 22071 = 9 ∧
    APFree 28107 ∧ card 28107 = 10 ∧ removed 28107 = 5 ∧
    (∀ x : Fin 15, (22071).testBit x.val = [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14].contains x.val))

end Statements.J4P26ExchangeDepth
```

### 5. For the explicit set A={0,1,3,4,6,7,8,11,13,14} modulo31, its nonzero three-term progression relation becomes…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=5
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/81f50abd-143e-45a3-bba5-6a85beee51e8 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34876509916, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-14T17:40:47.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For the explicit set A={0,1,3,4,6,7,8,11,13,14} modulo31, its nonzero three-term progression relation becomes all of (Fin31)^2 after the exact directional-difference sequence hhvhvvh, although A contains no four-term progression with nonzero cyclic difference.**

**Scope.**

For the explicit set A={0,1,3,4,6,7,8,11,13,14} modulo31, its nonzero three-term progression relation becomes all of (Fin31)^2 after the exact directional-difference sequence hhvhvvh, although A contains no four-term progression with nonzero cyclic difference.

**Artifacts.**

- Proof.lean: Submissions.J4P26BilinearClosure.Proof.solves

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.J4P26BilinearClosure.Proof

def inA (x : Nat) : Bool := [0,1,3,4,6,7,8,11,13,14].contains x

def relation (x d : Fin 31) : Prop :=
  d.val ≠ 0 ∧ inA x.val = true ∧ inA ((x.val+d.val)%31) = true ∧
    inA ((x.val+2*d.val)%31) = true

def horizontal (j : Nat) : Prop := j=0 ∨ j=1 ∨ j=3 ∨ j=6

instance (j : Nat) : Decidable (horizontal j) :=
  inferInstanceAs (Decidable (j=0 ∨ j=1 ∨ j=3 ∨ j=6))

def sub31 (a b : Fin 31) : Fin 31 :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/81f50abd-143e-45a3-bba5-6a85beee51e8/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.J4P26BilinearClosure

def inA (x : Nat) : Bool := [0,1,3,4,6,7,8,11,13,14].contains x

def relation (x d : Fin 31) : Prop :=
  d.val ≠ 0 ∧ inA x.val = true ∧ inA ((x.val+d.val)%31) = true ∧
    inA ((x.val+2*d.val)%31) = true

def horizontal (j : Nat) : Prop := j=0 ∨ j=1 ∨ j=3 ∨ j=6

instance (j : Nat) : Decidable (horizontal j) :=
  inferInstanceAs (Decidable (j=0 ∨ j=1 ∨ j=3 ∨ j=6))

def sub31 (a b : Fin 31) : Fin 31 :=
  ⟨(a.val+31-b.val)%31, Nat.mod_lt _ (by decide)⟩

def HD (R : Fin 31 → Fin 31 → Prop) (x d : Fin 31) : Prop :=
  ∃ u : Fin 31, R u d ∧ R (sub31 u x) d

def VD (R : Fin 31 → Fin 31 → Prop) (x d : Fin 31) : Prop :=
  ∃ u : Fin 31, R x u ∧ R x (sub31 u d)

def stage : Nat → Fin 31 → Fin 31 → Prop
  | 0 => relation
  | n+1 => if horizontal n then HD (stage n) else VD (stage n)

def statement : Prop :=
(∀ x d : Fin 31, stage 7 x d) ∧
(∀ x d : Fin 31, d.val ≠ 0 →
    ¬(inA x.val = true ∧ inA ((x.val+d.val)%31) = true ∧
      inA ((x.val+2*d.val)%31) = true ∧ inA ((x.val+3*d.val)%31) = true))

end Statements.J4P26BilinearClosure
```

### 4. For any fixed k at least three, translate each k-AP-free set E_j in [1,4^j] to 4^(j+1)+E_j.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ef8870ae-7a8c-420e-a89b-d62df2768d22 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34307089648, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T23:27:01.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**For any fixed k at least three, translate each k-AP-free set E_j in [1,4^j] to 4^(j+1)+E_j.**

The union is still k-AP-free. This is a geometric component of the known extremal-density/harmonic-mass reduction, not a new solution of Erdos #3. No infinitude or reciprocal divergence is asserted.

**Scope.**

All natural k >= 3 and all families E_j of subsets of the positive integer interval [1,4^j], each containing no positive-difference k-term arithmetic progression; their base-four translated union contains no such progression.

**Artifacts.**

- Basic.lean: Submissions.Erdos3SeparatedBlocks.Basic.translated_union

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.Erdos3SeparatedBlocks.Basic

/-- Separated intervals cannot contain a three-term progression crossing blocks. -/
theorem triple_same_block
    (L U : Nat → Nat)
    (sep₁ : ∀ i j, i < j → 2 * U i < L j)
    (sep₂ : ∀ i j, i < j → U i + U j < 2 * L j)
    (x y z i j l : Nat)
    (hx : L i ≤ x ∧ x ≤ U i)
    (hy : L j ≤ y ∧ y ≤ U j)
    (hz : L l ≤ z ∧ z ≤ U l)
    (hxy : x < y) (hap : x + z = 2 * y) :
    i = j ∧ j = l := by
  have hij : i ≤ j := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ef8870ae-7a8c-420e-a89b-d62df2768d22/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.Erdos3SeparatedBlocks

/-- A geometric component of the known extremal-density/harmonic-mass reduction.
This asserts only preservation of k-AP-freeness, not infinite size or divergent mass. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (k : Nat), 3 ≤ k → ∀ (E : Nat → Nat → Prop),
    (∀ j x, E j x → 1 ≤ x ∧ x ≤ 4 ^ j) →
    (∀ j a d, 0 < d → ¬ (∀ n, n < k → E j (a + n * d))) →
    ∀ a d, 0 < d → ¬ (∀ n, n < k →
      ∃ j x, E j x ∧ a + n * d = 4 * 4 ^ j + x)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos3SeparatedBlocks
```

### 3. Every set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum contains a positive-difference arithmetic progress…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/718564bf-c93a-429f-be46-0fe38b3463d6 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807496836, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:03:13.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Every set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum contains a positive-difference arithmetic progression of every length at most two.**

**Scope.**

All sets A of natural numbers with nonsummable reciprocal series and all natural lengths k at most 2.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker26Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos3UpToTwo.Worker26Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

namespace Submissions.Erdos3UpToTwo.Worker26Direct

theorem proof :
    ∀ A : Set ℕ,
      (¬ Summable fun a : A ↦ 1 / (a : ℝ)) →
      ∀ k : ℕ, k ≤ 2 →
        ∃ a d : ℕ, 0 < d ∧ ∀ i < k, a + i * d ∈ A := by
  intro A hdiv k hk
  have hInf : Set.Infinite A := by
    intro hfinite
    apply hdiv
    letI : Finite A := hfinite.to_subtype
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/718564bf-c93a-429f-be46-0fe38b3463d6/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos3UpToTwo

/-- The Erdős reciprocal-sum conjecture holds for progression lengths at most two. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ,
    (¬ Summable fun a : A ↦ 1 / (a : ℝ)) →
    ∀ k : ℕ, k ≤ 2 →
      ∃ a d : ℕ, 0 < d ∧ ∀ i < k, a + i * d ∈ A

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos3UpToTwo
```

### 2. A set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum is infinite.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/99ce65e5-9264-41e7-94bf-58406e40dcc1 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32805251333, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:27:10.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum is infinite.**

**Scope.**

All sets A of natural numbers whose real reciprocal series over subtype A is not summable.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos3DivergentInfinite.Worker03Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

namespace Submissions.Erdos3DivergentInfinite.Worker03Direct

theorem proof :
    ∀ A : Set ℕ,
      (¬ Summable fun a : A ↦ 1 / (a : ℝ)) →
      Set.Infinite A := by
  intro A hdiv hfinite
  apply hdiv
  letI : Finite A := hfinite.to_subtype
  exact Summable.of_finite

end Submissions.Erdos3DivergentInfinite.Worker03Direct
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/99ce65e5-9264-41e7-94bf-58406e40dcc1/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos3DivergentInfinite

/-- A set of natural numbers whose reciprocal sum diverges is infinite. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ,
    (¬ Summable fun a : A ↦ 1 / (a : ℝ)) →
    Set.Infinite A

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos3DivergentInfinite
```

### 1. Every set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum contains an arithmetic progression of every finite…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/26?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:26:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Every set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum contains an arithmetic progression of every finite length, with positive common difference.**

Root canonical statement. The source's increasing sequence formulation is represented as a Set Nat; nontriviality is explicit as 0 < d. Quantifying every k is the direct source wording and is equivalent to arbitrarily long finite progressions.

**Scope.**

All sets A of natural numbers whose real reciprocal series over subtype A is not summable; every finite length k, with a positive natural common difference.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Ring.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos3HarmonicAP

/-- Erdős Problem 3: a set of natural numbers with divergent reciprocal sum
contains arithmetic progressions of every finite length. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ,
    (¬ Summable fun a : A ↦ 1 / (a : ℝ)) →
    ∀ k : ℕ, ∃ a d : ℕ, 0 < d ∧ ∀ i < k, a + i * d ∈ A

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos3HarmonicAP
```

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