# Jig #271: Open

> Are k·sigma(k)=n preimage counts polylogarithmically bounded?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/271
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1060 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1060)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:39:02.116Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:43:57.174Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:44:04.722Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. Every positive-n solution k of k sigma(k)=n divides n, so the fiber size is at most the number of divisors of…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/271?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/56db8f27-88d8-48cd-b769-72d76b5d59a0 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32823040055, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:43:57.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Every positive-n solution k of k sigma(k)=n divides n, so the fiber size is at most the number of divisors of n.**

**Scope.**

Divisor reduction.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos1060CountLeDivisors.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Submissions.Erdos1060CountLeDivisors.Worker04

def solutionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  #{k ≤ n | k * σ 1 k = n}

theorem proof : ∀ n : ℕ, 0 < n → solutionCount n ≤ n.divisors.card := by
  intro n hn
  apply Finset.card_le_card
  intro k hk
  change k ∈ (Iic n).filter (fun j => j * σ 1 j = n) at hk
  rw [mem_filter] at hk
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/56db8f27-88d8-48cd-b769-72d76b5d59a0/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Statements.Erdos1060CountLeDivisors

def solutionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  #{k ≤ n | k * σ 1 k = n}

/-- Every solution `k` divides `n`, so the fiber embeds in the divisor set. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, 0 < n → solutionCount n ≤ n.divisors.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1060CountLeDivisors
```

### 2. The number of k in the defining interval solving k sigma(k)=n is at most n+1.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/271?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
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- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:39:15.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The number of k in the defining interval solving k sigma(k)=n is at most n+1.**

**Scope.**

finite-domain smoke bound.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos1060CountDomainBound.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Submissions.Erdos1060CountDomainBound.Worker04Smoke

def solutionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  #{k ≤ n | k * σ 1 k = n}

theorem proof : ∀ n : ℕ, solutionCount n ≤ n + 1 := by
  intro n
  exact (card_filter_le _ _).trans_eq (by simp)

end Submissions.Erdos1060CountDomainBound.Worker04Smoke
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc

open Finset
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Statements.Erdos1060CountDomainBound

def solutionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  #{k ≤ n | k * σ 1 k = n}

/-- The solution count cannot exceed the size of its defining interval. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, solutionCount n ≤ n + 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1060CountDomainBound
```

### 1. Is the number of solutions k to k sigma(k)=n bounded by a fixed power of log n?

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/271?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:39:02.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Is the number of solutions k to k sigma(k)=n bounded by a fixed power of log n?**

This poses the source stronger perhaps-even assertion; proving it implies the weaker n^{o(1/log log n)} target. The count is over k≤n exactly as formal-conjectures. The fleet independently transcribes the filter, checks explicit fibers at n=1,2,6, bounds the finite domain, and rejects twelve degenerate escapes.

**Scope.**

Stronger polylogarithmic bound in Erdős 1060.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Defs
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.ArithmeticFunction.Misc
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

open Asymptotics Finset Filter Real
open scoped ArithmeticFunction.sigma

namespace Statements.Erdos1060PolylogSigmaPreimages

def solutionCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  #{k ≤ n | k * σ 1 k = n}

/-- Part (ii), the stronger proposed bound in Erdős Problem 1060. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ C : ℝ,
    (fun n : ℕ => (solutionCount n : ℝ)) =O[atTop]
      (fun n : ℕ => log n ^ C)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1060PolylogSigmaPreimages
```

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