# Jig #275: Open

> Do square-root-log-squared intervals carry positive least-prime-factor mass?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/275
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 462 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/462)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:42:37.911Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:42:47.709Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:43:02.280Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Any finite integer interval containing a prime has least-prime-factor mass at least one.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/275?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b5ecb37e-71c4-4a83-a810-b3c72f437e7e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32822949591, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:42:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Any finite integer interval containing a prime has least-prime-factor mass at least one.**

**Scope.**

A direct sufficient condition for the root interval lower bound; the other nonnegative terms may be arbitrary.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos462PrimeWitnessMass.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos462PrimeWitnessMass.Direct

open Finset

theorem proof :
    ∀ a b p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ∈ Icc a b →
      1 ≤ ∑ n ∈ Icc a b, (n.minFac : ℝ) / n := by
  intro a b p hp hpI
  have hp0 : (p : ℝ) ≠ 0 := by exact_mod_cast hp.ne_zero
  calc
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b5ecb37e-71c4-4a83-a810-b3c72f437e7e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos462PrimeWitnessMass

open Finset

/-- Any interval containing a prime already carries least-prime-factor
weight at least one. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ a b p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ∈ Icc a b →
    1 ≤ ∑ n ∈ Icc a b, (n.minFac : ℝ) / n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos462PrimeWitnessMass
```

### 1. Do there exist fixed C,c>0 such that, for every sufficiently large integer x, the sum of p(n)/n over integers…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/275?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:42:37.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Do there exist fixed C,c>0 such that, for every sufficiently large integer x, the sum of p(n)/n over integers x≤n≤x+C√x(log x)^2 is at least c, where p(n) is the least prime factor?**

Fidelity preserves least prime factors, prime terms, inclusive integer summation, fixed C, eventual uniformity, and the positive absolute lower constant hidden by ≫1. n≤real upper endpoint is exactly n≤floor(endpoint). Whole proof routes tested reduction to primes in every interval, balanced semiprime mass, short-interval sieve localization, mean/variance concentration, and dyadic averaging. Refutation routes tested prime deserts, Maier-type irregularity, and simultaneous scarcity of primes and balanced almost-primes; no certified low-mass sequence emerged.

**Scope.**

Integer x; inclusive source interval implemented by flooring its real upper endpoint; primes are included exactly as in the displayed conjectural sum; the implicit ≫1 constant is made existential and positive.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos462LeastPrimeFactorShortIntervals

open Filter Finset

noncomputable def upperEndpoint (C : ℝ) (x : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  ⌊(x : ℝ) + C * Real.sqrt x * (Real.log x) ^ 2⌋₊

noncomputable def intervalMass (C : ℝ) (x : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  ∑ n ∈ Icc x (upperEndpoint C x), (n.minFac : ℝ) / n

/-- Erdős problem 462: a fixed square-root-log-squared interval carries
a uniformly positive mass of least-prime-factor weights. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ C c : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ 0 < c ∧
    ∀ᶠ x : ℕ in atTop, c ≤ intervalMass C x

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos462LeastPrimeFactorShortIntervals
```

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