# Jig #260: Open

> Are exact distance-multiplicity configurations bounded in size?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/260
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 217 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/217)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:31:36.979Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:31:48.046Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:35:18.641Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Three noncollinear points realize two distances with multiplicities one and two.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/260?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9b00c323-ea3f-46bb-b484-0fde52685a7c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32822060691, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:31:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Three noncollinear points realize two distances with multiplicities one and two.**

**Scope.**

The first nontrivial exact multiplicity profile.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos217ThreePointDistanceProfile.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos217ThreePointDistanceProfile.Worker01

def P : Fin 3 → ℝ × ℝ
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => (-1, 0)
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => (1, 0)
  | ⟨2, _⟩ => (0, 1)

def sqDist (p q : ℝ × ℝ) : ℝ :=
  (p.1 - q.1) ^ 2 + (p.2 - q.2) ^ 2

def Collinear (p q r : ℝ × ℝ) : Prop :=
  (q.1 - p.1) * (r.2 - p.2) = (q.2 - p.2) * (r.1 - p.1)

theorem proof :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9b00c323-ea3f-46bb-b484-0fde52685a7c/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos217ThreePointDistanceProfile

def P : Fin 3 → ℝ × ℝ
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => (-1, 0)
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => (1, 0)
  | ⟨2, _⟩ => (0, 1)

def sqDist (p q : ℝ × ℝ) : ℝ :=
  (p.1 - q.1) ^ 2 + (p.2 - q.2) ^ 2

def Collinear (p q r : ℝ × ℝ) : Prop :=
  (q.1 - p.1) * (r.2 - p.2) = (q.2 - p.2) * (r.1 - p.1)

/-- Three noncollinear points with two squared distances occurring once
and twice, the first instance of the `1,...,n-1` profile. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Function.Injective P ∧ ¬Collinear (P 0) (P 1) (P 2) ∧
    sqDist (P 0) (P 1) = 4 ∧
    sqDist (P 0) (P 2) = 2 ∧ sqDist (P 1) (P 2) = 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos217ThreePointDistanceProfile
```

### 1. For all sufficiently large n, is there no set of n planar points in general position determining exactly n-1…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/260?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:31:36.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For all sufficiently large n, is there no set of n planar points in general position determining exactly n-1 distances whose multiplicities, in some order, are 1,2,...,n-1?**

Points are Fin n-indexed and injective. Collinearity uses the planar determinant. Concyclicity uses equality of squared distances from a center, equivalent over R^2. Unordered pairs use i<j. An injective ordering of n-1 real squared distances with multiplicity rank+1 and coverage of every pair states exactly the source profile; sum_{i=1}^{n-1}i equals the pair count.

**Scope.**

All sufficiently large finite planar point sets.

**Artifacts.**

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos217DistanceMultiplicityFinite

open Filter

def sqDist (p q : ℝ × ℝ) : ℝ :=
  (p.1 - q.1) ^ 2 + (p.2 - q.2) ^ 2

def Collinear (p q r : ℝ × ℝ) : Prop :=
  (q.1 - p.1) * (r.2 - p.2) = (q.2 - p.2) * (r.1 - p.1)

def Concyclic (p q r s : ℝ × ℝ) : Prop :=
  ∃ center : ℝ × ℝ,
    sqDist center p = sqDist center q ∧
    sqDist center p = sqDist center r ∧
    sqDist center p = sqDist center s

noncomputable def pairs (n : ℕ) : Finset (Fin n × Fin n) := by
  classical
  exact Finset.univ.filter fun ij ↦ ij.1 < ij.2

noncomputable def multiplicity {n : ℕ} (P : Fin n → ℝ × ℝ) (d : ℝ) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact ((pairs n).filter fun ij ↦ sqDist (P ij.1) (P ij.2) = d).card

def IsConfiguration {n : ℕ} (P : Fin n → ℝ × ℝ) : Prop :=
  Function.Injective P ∧
  (∀ i j k, i ≠ j → i ≠ k → j ≠ k →
    ¬Collinear (P i) (P j) (P k)) ∧
  (∀ i j k l, i ≠ j → i ≠ k → i ≠ l → j ≠ k → j ≠ l → k ≠ l →
    ¬Concyclic (P i) (P j) (P k) (P l)) ∧
  ∃ distance : Fin (n - 1) → ℝ,
    Function.Injective distance ∧
    (∀ rank, multiplicity P (distance rank) = rank.1 + 1) ∧
    ∀ ij ∈ pairs n, ∃ rank, sqDist (P ij.1) (P ij.2) = distance rank

/-- Erdős Problem 217: only finitely many sizes admit a general-position
planar point set whose `n-1` distances occur with multiplicities
`1,2,...,n-1`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop, ¬∃ P : Fin n → ℝ × ℝ, IsConfiguration P

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos217DistanceMultiplicityFinite
```

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