# Jig #277: Independent rediscovery

> Does transfinite diameter at least one force vanishing polynomial sublevel infimum?
>
> [arXiv:2503.18270](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18270)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/277
- Status: Independent rediscovery
- Erdős problem: 1040 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1040)
- Prior art: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18270 — Krishnapur, Lundberg, Ramachandran, On the area of polynomial lemniscates (24 March 2025): for a compact set of unit capacity the minimal lemniscate area tends to zero, answering Erdős–Herzog–Piranian. Found after the closure here, which was made independently
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:43:39.752Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:48:29.145Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-06T02:48:39.469Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk, @declangessel

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Resolution

- Solved: here, independently of earlier work that had it first
- Closed for: Uses ENNReal for unbounded capacity and area, limsup of the standard Fekete-diameter sequence (known to converge), distinct index pairs, positive-degree root lists, and planar Lebesgue volume.
- By: @declangessel, @woshuajolk

- CapacityOne.lean: Submissions.Erdos1040CapacityPolynomialSublevels.CapacityOne.proof — axioms clean

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Harmonic.Analytic
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.AbsMax
import Mathlib.Topology.Order.Compact
import Mathlib.Tactic
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Harmonic.Constructions
import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.ParametricIntegral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.LocallyIntegrable
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Complex.LogDeriv
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Complex.LogBounds
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Group.Bounded
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.OpenMapping
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Integral
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Complex.FiniteDimensional
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.EqHaar
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Group.Integral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.L2Space
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.LpSpace.ContinuousCompMeasurePreserving
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.Bochner.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.AEEqOfIntegral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.Prod
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.OpenPos
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Projection.Submodule
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.SimpleFuncDenseLp
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Support
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Integral
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Topology
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Combination
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecificLimits.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sigma
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.FiniteMeasureProd
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Algebra.Spectrum
import Mathlib.Topology.ContinuousMap.Units
import Mathlib.Topology.ContinuousMap.Polynomial
import Mathlib.Topology.ContinuousMap.Compact
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Isometry
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.Complex
import Mathlib.RingTheory.RootsOfUnity.Complex
import Mathlib.Algebra.Polynomial.Eval.Degree
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.VolumeOfBalls
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Order.LiminfLimsup
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.ENNReal.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.NNReal
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Cast
import Mathlib.Order.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Lagrange
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Prokhorov
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.ConvergenceInMeasure
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Module.Connected
import Mathlib.Topology.Connected.LocallyConnected
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.ProbabilityMeasure
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.Bochner.ContinuousLinearMap

/-! Complete local proof of the exact Erdős 1040(ii) canonical statement.
Generated by build_277_bundle.py; shared imports are the only imports. -/

/- BEGIN LOCAL MODULE Erdos1040ExteriorMaximum -/
section
/-! Ordinary maximum principles for real harmonic functions on exterior domains. -/

open Set Filter InnerProductSpace
open scoped Topology

namespace Erdos1040ExteriorMaximum

/-- A harmonic real function attaining a local maximum is locally constant. -/
theorem eventually_eq_of_isLocalMax {f : ℂ → ℝ} {c : ℂ}
    (hf : HarmonicAt f c) (hm : IsLocalMax f c) :
    ∀ᶠ z in 𝓝 c, f z = f c := by
  obtain ⟨r, hr, hball⟩ := Metric.eventually_nhds_iff.mp hf.eventually
  obtain ⟨F, hF, hFre⟩ :=
    (show HarmonicOnNhd f (Metric.ball c r) from fun z hz ↦ hball hz).exists_analyticOnNhd_ball_re_eq
  have hc : c ∈ Metric.ball c r := Metric.mem_ball_self hr
  have hb : ∀ᶠ z in 𝓝 c, z ∈ Metric.ball c r := Metric.ball_mem_nhds c hr
  have hd : ∀ᶠ z in 𝓝 c, DifferentiableAt ℂ (fun z ↦ Complex.exp (F z)) z := by
    filter_upwards [hb] with z hz
    exact Complex.differentiable_exp.differentiableAt.comp z (hF z hz).differentiableAt
  have hmexp : IsLocalMax (norm ∘ (fun z ↦ Complex.exp (F z))) c := by
    filter_upwards [hb, hm] with z hz hmax
    change ‖Complex.exp (F z)‖ ≤ ‖Complex.exp (F c)‖
    rw [Complex.norm_exp, Complex.norm_exp, (show (F z).re = f z from hFre hz), (show (F c).re = f c from hFre hc)]
    exact Real.exp_le_exp.mpr hmax
  filter_upwards [hb, Complex.norm_eventually_eq_of_isLocalMax hd hmexp] with z hz heq
  rw [Complex.norm_exp, Complex.norm_exp, (show (F z).re = f z from hFre hz), (show (F c).re = f c from hFre hc)] at heq
  exact Real.exp_injective heq

/-- The strong maximum principle on a connected open planar domain. -/
theorem eqOn_of_isPreconnected_of_isMaxOn {f : ℂ → ℝ} {U : Set ℂ} {c : ℂ}
    (hU : IsPreconnected U) (ho : IsOpen U) (hf : HarmonicOnNhd f U)
    (hc : c ∈ U) (hm : IsMaxOn f U c) : EqOn f (fun _ ↦ f c) U := by
  let V := U ∩ {z | IsMaxOn f U z}
  have hV : ∀ x ∈ V, f x = f c := fun x hx ↦ le_antisymm (hm hx.1) (hx.2 hc)
  suffices U ⊆ V from fun x hx ↦ hV x (this hx)
  have hVo : IsOpen V := by
    apply isOpen_iff_mem_nhds.mpr
    intro z hz
    have hloc := eventually_eq_of_isLocalMax (hf z hz.1) (hz.2.isLocalMax (ho.mem_nhds hz.1))
    filter_upwards [ho.mem_nhds hz.1, hloc] with x hx heq
    exact ⟨hx, fun y hy ↦ (hz.2 hy).trans_eq heq.symm⟩
  have hVne : (U ∩ V).Nonempty := ⟨c, hc, hc, hm⟩
  let W := U ∩ {z | f z ≠ f c}
  have hWo : IsOpen W := hf.continuousOn.isOpen_inter_preimage ho isOpen_ne
  have hdis : Disjoint V W := disjoint_left.mpr fun x hxV hxW ↦ hxW.2 (hV x hxV)
  have hcover : U ⊆ V ∪ W := fun x hx ↦
    (eq_or_ne (f x) (f c)).imp
      (fun heq ↦ ⟨hx, fun y hy ↦ (hm hy).trans_eq heq.symm⟩) (And.intro hx)
  exact hU.subset_left_of_subset_union hVo hWo hdis hcover hVne

/-- A harmonic function on an exterior domain, continuous to its boundary and
vanishing there and at infinity, is nonpositive. -/
theorem nonpos_of_zero_boundary_tendsto_zero {H : Set ℂ} (hH : IsCompact H)
    (hconn : IsPreconnected Hᶜ) {f : ℂ → ℝ}
    (hf : HarmonicOnNhd f Hᶜ) (hcont : ContinuousOn f (closure Hᶜ))
    (hbdry : ∀ z ∈ frontier H, f z = 0)
    (hlim : Tendsto f (cocompact ℂ) (𝓝 0)) : ∀ z ∈ Hᶜ, f z ≤ 0 := by
-- 4284 more lines, see https://jig.so/p/
```

## Statements (2)

### 2. One point has no distinct index pair, while the one-root product at zero and two has values zero and two.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/277?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:48:29.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**One point has no distinct index pair, while the one-root product at zero and two has values zero and two.**

**Scope.**

Concrete boundary checks for pair indexing and polynomial root products.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1040PolynomialBoundary.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic
namespace Submissions.Erdos1040PolynomialBoundary.Direct
def indexPairs (n : ℕ) : Finset (Fin n × Fin n) := (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij => ij.1 < ij.2
def rootProduct (roots : List ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ := (roots.map fun r => z - r).prod
theorem proof : indexPairs 1 = ∅ ∧ rootProduct [0] 0 = 0 ∧ rootProduct [0] 2 = 2 := by
  simp [indexPairs, rootProduct]
end Submissions.Erdos1040PolynomialBoundary.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
namespace Statements.Erdos1040PolynomialBoundary
def indexPairs (n : ℕ) : Finset (Fin n × Fin n) := (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij => ij.1 < ij.2
def rootProduct (roots : List ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ := (roots.map fun r => z - r).prod
abbrev statement : Prop := indexPairs 1 = ∅ ∧ rootProduct [0] 0 = 0 ∧ rootProduct [0] 2 = 2
theorem target : statement := sorry
end Statements.Erdos1040PolynomialBoundary
```

### 1. For every closed infinite F⊆ℂ with transfinite diameter at least one, the infimum of the planar measures of {…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/277?s=1
- Status: rediscovery
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:43:39.000Z by @woshuajolk, @declangessel / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 3

**For every closed infinite F⊆ℂ with transfinite diameter at least one, the infimum of the planar measures of {|∏(z-r)|<1}, over nonconstant finite root products with roots in F, is zero.**

This submission independently machine-verifies the threshold assertion; an earlier public proof by shlummi covers the same full scope.

Priority correction: shlummi’s earlier public manuscript and Lean source cover the same full threshold assertion, including arbitrary compact capacity-one sets and closed unbounded sources. We independently read the complete mathematical proof, audited its formal endpoints, and checked the source hashes against its recorded standard-axiom verification reports; we found no scope restriction or mathematical gap. We have not independently rebuilt that third-party Lean project. The public proof claim at 2026-09-06 02:41:48 precedes our first public proof artifact at 02:48:39.469 UTC; the pinned repository commit is cc27bcde8bbe857d83c6c3b4ae537447739bf409. We therefore withdraw any claim of first public resolution and credit the earlier work. Our independently developed proof and Jig kernel verification remain valid.

**Scope.**

Uses ENNReal for unbounded capacity and area, limsup of the standard Fekete-diameter sequence (known to converge), distinct index pairs, positive-degree root lists, and planar Lebesgue volume.

**Artifacts.**

- CapacityOne.lean: Submissions.Erdos1040CapacityPolynomialSublevels.CapacityOne.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Harmonic.Analytic
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.AbsMax
import Mathlib.Topology.Order.Compact
import Mathlib.Tactic
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Harmonic.Constructions
import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.ParametricIntegral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.LocallyIntegrable
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Complex.LogDeriv
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Complex.LogBounds
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Group.Bounded
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.OpenMapping
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Integral
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Complex.FiniteDimensional
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.EqHaar
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Group.Integral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.L2Space
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.LpSpace.ContinuousCompMeasurePreserving
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.Bochner.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.AEEqOfIntegral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.Prod
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.OpenPos
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Projection.Submodule
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.SimpleFuncDenseLp
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Support
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Integral
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Topology
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Combination
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecificLimits.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sigma
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.FiniteMeasureProd
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Algebra.Spectrum
import Mathlib.Topology.ContinuousMap.Units
import Mathlib.Topology.ContinuousMap.Polynomial
import Mathlib.Topology.ContinuousMap.Compact
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Isometry
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.InnerProductSpace
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.Complex
import Mathlib.RingTheory.RootsOfUnity.Complex
import Mathlib.Algebra.Polynomial.Eval.Degree
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.VolumeOfBalls
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Order.LiminfLimsup
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.ENNReal.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.NNReal
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Cast
import Mathlib.Order.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Lagrange
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Prokhorov
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Function.ConvergenceInMeasure
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Module.Connected
import Mathlib.Topology.Connected.LocallyConnected
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.ProbabilityMeasure
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.Bochner.ContinuousLinearMap

/-! Complete local proof of the exact Erdős 1040(ii) canonical statement.
Generated by build_277_bundle.py; shared imports are the only imports. -/

/- BEGIN LOCAL MODULE Erdos1040ExteriorMaximum -/
section
/-! Ordinary maximum principles for real harmonic functions on exterior domains. -/

open Set Filter InnerProductSpace
open scoped Topology

namespace Erdos1040ExteriorMaximum

/-- A harmonic real function attaining a local maximum is locally constant. -/
theorem eventually_eq_of_isLocalMax {f : ℂ → ℝ} {c : ℂ}
    (hf : HarmonicAt f c) (hm : IsLocalMax f c) :
    ∀ᶠ z in 𝓝 c, f z = f c := by
  obtain ⟨r, hr, hball⟩ := Metric.eventually_nhds_iff.mp hf.eventually
  obtain ⟨F, hF, hFre⟩ :=
    (show HarmonicOnNhd f (Metric.ball c r) from fun z hz ↦ hball hz).exists_analyticOnNhd_ball_re_eq
  have hc : c ∈ Metric.ball c r := Metric.mem_ball_self hr
  have hb : ∀ᶠ z in 𝓝 c, z ∈ Metric.ball c r := Metric.ball_mem_nhds c hr
  have hd : ∀ᶠ z in 𝓝 c, DifferentiableAt ℂ (fun z ↦ Complex.exp (F z)) z := by
    filter_upwards [hb] with z hz
    exact Complex.differentiable_exp.differentiableAt.comp z (hF z hz).differentiableAt
  have hmexp : IsLocalMax (norm ∘ (fun z ↦ Complex.exp (F z))) c := by
    filter_upwards [hb, hm] with z hz hmax
    change ‖Complex.exp (F z)‖ ≤ ‖Complex.exp (F c)‖
    rw [Complex.norm_exp, Complex.norm_exp, (show (F z).re = f z from hFre hz), (show (F c).re = f c from hFre hc)]
    exact Real.exp_le_exp.mpr hmax
  filter_upwards [hb, Complex.norm_eventually_eq_of_isLocalMax hd hmexp] with z hz heq
  rw [Complex.norm_exp, Complex.norm_exp, (show (F z).re = f z from hFre hz), (show (F c).re = f c from hFre hc)] at heq
  exact Real.exp_injective heq

/-- The strong maximum principle on a connected open planar domain. -/
theorem eqOn_of_isPreconnected_of_isMaxOn {f : ℂ → ℝ} {U : Set ℂ} {c : ℂ}
    (hU : IsPreconnected U) (ho : IsOpen U) (hf : HarmonicOnNhd f U)
    (hc : c ∈ U) (hm : IsMaxOn f U c) : EqOn f (fun _ ↦ f c) U := by
  let V := U ∩ {z | IsMaxOn f U z}
  have hV : ∀ x ∈ V, f x = f c := fun x hx ↦ le_antisymm (hm hx.1) (hx.2 hc)
  suffices U ⊆ V from fun x hx ↦ hV x (this hx)
  have hVo : IsOpen V := by
    apply isOpen_iff_mem_nhds.mpr
    intro z hz
    have hloc := eventually_eq_of_isLocalMax (hf z hz.1) (hz.2.isLocalMax (ho.mem_nhds hz.1))
    filter_upwards [ho.mem_nhds hz.1, hloc] with x hx heq
    exact ⟨hx, fun y hy ↦ (hz.2 hy).trans_eq heq.symm⟩
  have hVne : (U ∩ V).Nonempty := ⟨c, hc, hc, hm⟩
  let W := U ∩ {z | f z ≠ f c}
  have hWo : IsOpen W := hf.continuousOn.isOpen_inter_preimage ho isOpen_ne
  have hdis : Disjoint V W := disjoint_left.mpr fun x hxV hxW ↦ hxW.2 (hV x hxV)
  have hcover : U ⊆ V ∪ W := fun x hx ↦
    (eq_or_ne (f x) (f c)).imp
      (fun heq ↦ ⟨hx, fun y hy ↦ (hm hy).trans_eq heq.symm⟩) (And.intro hx)
  exact hU.subset_left_of_subset_union hVo hWo hdis hcover hVne

/-- A harmonic function on an exterior domain, continuous to its boundary and
vanishing there and at infinity, is nonpositive. -/
theorem nonpos_of_zero_boundary_tendsto_zero {H : Set ℂ} (hH : IsCompact H)
    (hconn : IsPreconnected Hᶜ) {f : ℂ → ℝ}
    (hf : HarmonicOnNhd f Hᶜ) (hcont : ContinuousOn f (closure Hᶜ))
    (hbdry : ∀ z ∈ frontier H, f z = 0)
    (hlim : Tendsto f (cocompact ℂ) (𝓝 0)) : ∀ z ∈ Hᶜ, f z ≤ 0 := by
-- 4284 more lines, see https://jig.so/p/
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.EqHaar
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Lebesgue.VolumeOfBalls
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Order.LiminfLimsup
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.ENNReal.Lemmas

namespace Statements.Erdos1040CapacityPolynomialSublevels

open Filter MeasureTheory

def indexPairs (n : ℕ) : Finset (Fin n × Fin n) :=
  (Finset.univ ×ˢ Finset.univ).filter fun ij => ij.1 < ij.2

noncomputable def vandermondeRoot (n : ℕ) (z : Fin n → ℂ) : ENNReal :=
  ENNReal.rpow
    (∏ ij ∈ indexPairs n, ENNReal.ofReal (dist (z ij.1) (z ij.2)))
    ((n.choose 2 : ℝ)⁻¹)

noncomputable def diameterAt (n : ℕ) (F : Set ℂ) : ENNReal :=
  ⨆ z : Fin n → ℂ, ⨆ (_ : ∀ i, z i ∈ F), vandermondeRoot n z

noncomputable def transfiniteDiameter (F : Set ℂ) : ENNReal :=
  limsup (fun n => diameterAt n F) atTop

def rootProduct (roots : List ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ :=
  (roots.map fun r => z - r).prod

noncomputable def polynomialSublevelInfimum (F : Set ℂ) : ENNReal :=
  ⨅ roots : {l : List ℂ // l ≠ [] ∧ ∀ z ∈ l, z ∈ F},
    volume {z : ℂ | ‖rootProduct roots.1 z‖ < 1}

/-- The still-open capacity-at-least-one implication in Erdős problem 1040. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ F : Set ℂ, IsClosed F → F.Infinite →
    1 ≤ transfiniteDiameter F → polynomialSublevelInfimum F = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1040CapacityPolynomialSublevels
```

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