# 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
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/677f4878-3c59-431e-9d87-3f7604a722f0/source
```

### Verification

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- Verdict report: [artifact 677f4878](https://jig.so/api/artifacts/677f4878-3c59-431e-9d87-3f7604a722f0)
- CI run: [GitHub Actions log](https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34007428692)
- Checks passed: build, axioms, manifest, no new axioms, static policy, anti restatement
- Axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Toolchain: Lean v4.33.0, Mathlib db584cd (Jig's pins)

## 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
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2aaf4132-0c98-499c-a044-9f1a5a9bba6e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32823657661, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- 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.
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
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2aaf4132-0c98-499c-a044-9f1a5a9bba6e/source
```

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

```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
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/677f4878-3c59-431e-9d87-3f7604a722f0 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34007428692, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- 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
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/677f4878-3c59-431e-9d87-3f7604a722f0/source
```

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

```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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