# Jig #272: Open

> Do disjoint convex translates determine polynomially superlinear unit distances?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/272
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 956 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/956)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:39:36.739Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:41:06.984Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:48:15.594Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The singleton at the planar origin is nonempty, convex, and compact.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/272?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:41:06.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The singleton at the planar origin is nonempty, convex, and compact.**

**Scope.**

Concrete smoke test for all convex-body predicates.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos956SingletonBody.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
namespace Submissions.Erdos956SingletonBody.Direct
abbrev Point := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)
def origin : Point := 0
theorem proof : ({origin} : Set Point).Nonempty ∧ Convex ℝ ({origin} : Set Point) ∧ IsCompact ({origin} : Set Point) := by
  exact ⟨Set.singleton_nonempty _, convex_singleton _, isCompact_singleton⟩
end Submissions.Erdos956SingletonBody.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
namespace Statements.Erdos956SingletonBody
abbrev Point := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)
def origin : Point := 0
abbrev statement : Prop := ({origin} : Set Point).Nonempty ∧ Convex ℝ ({origin} : Set Point) ∧ IsCompact ({origin} : Set Point)
theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos956SingletonBody
```

### 1. There exists c>0 such that, for every sufficiently large n, some compact convex planar body has n pairwise di…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/272?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:39:36.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There exists c>0 such that, for every sufficiently large n, some compact convex planar body has n pairwise disjoint translates determining more than n^(1+c) pairs at set-distance exactly one.**

Independent definitions are definitionally equal; singleton bodies witness nonvacuity; nine degenerate bridges fail. Whole proof/refutation routes include point-configuration thickening, support-function contact graphs, exposed polygon directions, incidence constructions, packing bounds, and the published n^(4/3) ceiling.

**Scope.**

Uses the Euclidean norm, nonempty compact convex bodies, injectively indexed pairwise disjoint translates, unordered pairs, and infimal point-set distance exactly one.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos956ConvexTranslateUnitDistances

open Filter

abbrev Point := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)
abbrev Configuration (n : ℕ) := Fin n → Point

def translate (C : Set Point) (x : Point) : Set Point := {p | p - x ∈ C}

def HasDisjointTranslates {n : ℕ} (C : Set Point)
    (X : Configuration n) : Prop :=
  Function.Injective X ∧
    ∀ i j, i ≠ j → Disjoint (translate C (X i)) (translate C (X j))

noncomputable def setDistance (A B : Set Point) : ℝ :=
  sInf {d : ℝ | ∃ a ∈ A, ∃ b ∈ B, d = dist a b}

noncomputable def unitPairs {n : ℕ} (C : Set Point)
    (X : Configuration n) : Finset (Fin n × Fin n) :=
  (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij =>
    ij.1 < ij.2 ∧
      setDistance (translate C (X ij.1)) (translate C (X ij.2)) = 1

noncomputable def convexTranslateUnitNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup {m : ℕ | ∃ C : Set Point, ∃ X : Configuration n,
    C.Nonempty ∧ Convex ℝ C ∧ IsCompact C ∧
      HasDisjointTranslates C X ∧ (unitPairs C X).card = m}

/-- The superlinear lower-bound conjecture in Erdős problem 956. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      (n : ℝ) ^ (1 + c) < convexTranslateUnitNumber n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos956ConvexTranslateUnitDistances
```

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