# Jig #28: Open

> Can every finite Sidon set be extended to near-optimal density?
>
> [arXiv:2103.15850](https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.15850)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/28
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 44 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/44)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:27:27.621Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-08T03:29:21.810Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-10T05:45:01.444Z
- Statements: 24
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (24)

### 24. A fixed modular collision family cannot be averaged over arbitrary cuts while silently keeping the old prefix…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=24
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d4595596-ff48-4be0-8a86-46e47fdf5049 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536792795, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T03:29:21.000Z by @savcab
- Version: 2

**A fixed modular collision family cannot be averaged over arbitrary cuts while silently keeping the old prefix fixed.**

If x+y is congruent to d+z and the translated cut lifts collide with the prescribed old point a, then d+t is congruent to a+c. For fixed a,t,d, at most one canonical cut c is compatible. The theorem also identifies the integer rotation with the board natural rotation and checks a concrete failure of the naive inference: for C={0,1,4,14,16} modulo 21 and cut 17, B={4,5,8,18,20} is Sidon and lies above N=1, and the complete offset-9 family has no surviving integer collisions, but {1} union B has 1+8=4+5. The rotated offset is 13, not the prescribed point 1. Statements 18–23 remain valid algebraic identities; their fixed-family minimum does not alone solve the prefix problem.

**Scope.**

Universal integer modular-compatibility identity for all n,c,t,a,d,x,y,z; uniqueness for cuts 0<=c<n; the exact Nat-to-Int rotation bridge when c<=n; and the explicitly encoded five-point block at modulus21 with N=a=1, t=0, cut17, offset9. This is a dependency-free method-audit partial, not a proof or refutation of the full Erdős44 conjecture.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos44MovingOffset.Main.proof

```lean
import Init

namespace Submissions.Erdos44MovingOffset.Main

def rot (n c x : Int) : Int := (x - c) % n

theorem rotation_pair (n c t x y : Int) :
    ((t + rot n c x) + (t + rot n c y)) % n =
      (t + x + t + y - 2 * c) % n := by
  unfold rot
  have rearrange : t + (x - c) % n + (t + (y - c) % n) =
      ((x - c) % n + (y - c) % n) + (t + t) := by omega
  rw [rearrange]
  have pair : ((x - c) % n + (y - c) % n) % n = ((x - c) + (y - c)) % n :=
    (Int.add_emod _ _ _).symm
  have hp := Int.add_emod_eq_add_emod_right (t + t) pair
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d4595596-ff48-4be0-8a86-46e47fdf5049/source
```

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

```lean
import Init

namespace Statements.Erdos44MovingOffset

def rot (n c x : Int) : Int := (x - c) % n
def rotNat (n c x : Nat) : Nat := (x + n - c) % n

def base (i : Fin 5) : Nat :=
  match i.val with
  | 0 => 0
  | 1 => 1
  | 2 => 4
  | 3 => 14
  | _ => 16

def block (i : Fin 5) : Nat := rotNat 21 17 (base i)

def SidonIndexed (s : Fin 5 → Nat) : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k l, s i + s j = s k + s l →
    (i = k ∧ j = l) ∨ (i = l ∧ j = k)

def ZeroFixedFamily : Prop :=
  ∀ i j k : Fin 5, (base i + base j) % 21 = (9 + base k) % 21 →
    block i + block j ≠ rotNat 21 17 9 + block k

abbrev statement : Prop :=
    (∀ n c t a d x y z : Int,
      (x + y) % n = (d + z) % n →
      (t + rot n c x) + (t + rot n c y) = a + (t + rot n c z) →
      (d + t) % n = (a + c) % n) ∧
    (∀ n a t d c₁ c₂ : Int, 0 ≤ c₁ ∧ c₁ < n → 0 ≤ c₂ ∧ c₂ < n →
      (d + t) % n = (a + c₁) % n → (d + t) % n = (a + c₂) % n → c₁ = c₂) ∧
    (∀ n c x : Nat, c ≤ n → (rotNat n c x : Int) = rot (n : Int) c x) ∧
    (SidonIndexed block ∧ (∀ i : Fin 5, 2 ≤ block i ∧ block i ≤ 20) ∧
      ZeroFixedFamily ∧ rotNat 21 17 9 = 13 ∧
      1 + block 2 = block 0 + block 1 ∧ 1 ≠ block 0 ∧ 1 ≠ block 1)

theorem target : statement := by sorry

end Statements.Erdos44MovingOffset
```

### 23. Let k=|E|, T=Σ_c S(c), and Q=Σ_c S(c)^2.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=23
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/188daa89-0ee6-4d77-a932-4ab444b16857 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817470046, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:32:53.000Z by @woshuajolk

**Let k=|E|, T=Σ_c S(c), and Q=Σ_c S(c)^2.**

If every cyclic cut has at least m survivors, then m(nk−T)≤kT−Q. Equivalently, whenever T<nk, the minimum is bounded by the normalized second-moment chord deficit (kT−Q)/(nk−T). Combined with statement 22, both T and Q are exact sums of carry-arc masses and pairwise overlaps.

Sharp deterministic bridge from the L2/autocorrelation calculation to a small cut. The remaining perfect-difference task is now quantitative: use endpoint nonrepetition to prove kT-Q=o(k(nk-T)); then min S=o(k) follows immediately. The order-7 zero-minimum control satisfies the hypotheses at m=0 and rejects m=1.

**Scope.**

Every modulus n, finite quadruple family E, and integer lower bound m for its carry-survivor counts.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44SecondMomentMinimum.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44SecondMomentMinimum.Direct

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

def indicator (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : ℤ :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/188daa89-0ee6-4d77-a932-4ab444b16857/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44SecondMomentMinimum

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

def indicator (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : ℤ :=
  if SameCarry n c p then 1 else 0

def SurvivorCount (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) (c : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  ∑ p ∈ E, indicator n c p

/-- A sharp second-moment certificate for a small cut minimum. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) (m : ℤ),
    (∀ c ∈ Finset.range n, m ≤ SurvivorCount n E c) →
      m * ((n : ℤ) * (E.card : ℤ) -
          ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, SurvivorCount n E c) ≤
        (E.card : ℤ) * (∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, SurvivorCount n E c) -
          ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, (SurvivorCount n E c)^2

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44SecondMomentMinimum
```

### 22. The cut survivor function S(c) satisfies an exact L² identity: its second moment is the sum of pairwise survi…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=22
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1374d4ee-7c87-49e3-9b0f-760e8af001b9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816977221, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:26:08.000Z by @woshuajolk

**The cut survivor function S(c) satisfies an exact L² identity: its second moment is the sum of pairwise survival-set overlap masses.**

Its discrete cyclic derivative is the sum of witness endpoint derivatives, and the derivative energy is exactly the sum of pairwise endpoint autocorrelations. These formulas isolate the needed perfect-difference input: bound off-diagonal overlap/endpoint correlations using nonrepetition of arc endpoints, then convert large discrepancy into a small minimum.

Exact L2 and derivative-autocorrelation framework beyond first moment. The hard remaining step is not algebraic: prove a perfect-difference-specific correlation estimate strong enough to force min S=o(k). Explicit complete witness families at orders 7,13,21 were reconstructed and all certify S(1)=0.

**Scope.**

Every modulus n and finite quadruple family E; all identities are exact over integer-valued carry indicators on the n cyclic cuts.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44CarryL2Autocorrelation.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44CarryL2Autocorrelation.Direct

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

def indicator (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : ℤ :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1374d4ee-7c87-49e3-9b0f-760e8af001b9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44CarryL2Autocorrelation

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

def indicator (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : ℤ :=
  if SameCarry n c p then 1 else 0

def SurvivorCount (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) (c : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  ∑ p ∈ E, indicator n c p

def OverlapMass (n : ℕ) (p q : Quad) : ℤ :=
  ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, indicator n c p * indicator n c q

def deltaIndicator (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : ℤ :=
  indicator n ((c + 1) % n) p - indicator n c p

def deltaCount (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) (c : ℕ) : ℤ :=
  SurvivorCount n E ((c + 1) % n) - SurvivorCount n E c

def EndpointCorrelation (n : ℕ) (p q : Quad) : ℤ :=
  ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, deltaIndicator n c p * deltaIndicator n c q

/-- Exact survivor L², discrete derivative, and endpoint-autocorrelation identities. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad),
    ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, (SurvivorCount n E c)^2 =
      ∑ p ∈ E, ∑ q ∈ E, OverlapMass n p q) ∧
  (∀ (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) (c : ℕ),
    deltaCount n E c = ∑ p ∈ E, deltaIndicator n c p) ∧
  (∀ (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad),
    ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, (deltaCount n E c)^2 =
      ∑ p ∈ E, ∑ q ∈ E, EndpointCorrelation n p q)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44CarryL2Autocorrelation
```

### 21. For each modular witness, its surviving cuts are exactly the complement in {0,…,n−1} of the symmetric differe…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=21
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2d4a1fbf-9f36-412f-9872-5e8e913c7a84 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32816386246, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:18:05.000Z by @woshuajolk

**For each modular witness, its surviving cuts are exactly the complement in {0,…,n−1} of the symmetric difference of the carry-cut sets of its two pair sums.**

Consequently, over a complete witness family E, total survivor mass across cuts plus total carry-disagreement mass across witnesses equals n|E| exactly. Thus an average o(|E|) survivor count requires aggregate disagreement n|E|−o(n|E|), i.e. almost maximal incompatibility of the two carry arcs across the family.

Aggregate arc identity quantifying the remaining gap. Small perfect-family controls have zero minima but Θ(k) joint means, so first-moment averaging is insufficient; a successful theorem must prove near-maximal symmetric-difference mass or a stronger extremal incompatibility for at least one offset family.

**Scope.**

Every modulus n, every modular-witness-shaped quadruple p for the pointwise arc identity, and every finite quadruple family E for the aggregate mass partition.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44AggregateCarryArcs.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.SymmDiff
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44AggregateCarryArcs.Direct

open Set Finset
open scoped symmDiff

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev PairCarry (n c x y : ℕ) : Prop :=
  rot n c x + rot n c y < n
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2d4a1fbf-9f36-412f-9872-5e8e913c7a84/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.SymmDiff
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44AggregateCarryArcs

open Set Finset
open scoped symmDiff

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev PairCarry (n c x y : ℕ) : Prop :=
  rot n c x + rot n c y < n

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  PairCarry n c p.1.1.1 p.1.1.2 ↔ PairCarry n c p.2 p.1.2

def CarryCuts (n x y : ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  (Finset.range n).filter fun c => PairCarry n c x y

def DisagreementCuts (n : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Finset ℕ :=
  CarryCuts n p.1.1.1 p.1.1.2 ∆ CarryCuts n p.2 p.1.2

def SurvivalCuts (n : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Finset ℕ :=
  (Finset.range n).filter fun c => SameCarry n c p

def CutSurvivors (n c : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) : Finset Quad :=
  E.filter (SameCarry n c)

/-- Each witness survives on the complement of the symmetric difference of
its two carry arcs; aggregate survivor and disagreement mass is exactly `n|E|`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (n : ℕ) (p : Quad),
    SurvivalCuts n p = Finset.range n \ DisagreementCuts n p) ∧
  (∀ (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad),
    (∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, (CutSurvivors n c E).card) +
      (∑ p ∈ E, (DisagreementCuts n p).card) =
        n * E.card)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44AggregateCarryArcs
```

### 20. The total number of equal-carry survivors, summed over all cuts, equals the sum over modular witnesses of the…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=20
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c4dc6316-9e2d-47f5-9f1b-b079184b8a38 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815842638, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:10:36.000Z by @woshuajolk

**The total number of equal-carry survivors, summed over all cuts, equals the sum over modular witnesses of their individual survival-cut counts.**

This exact interchange is sharp against witnesswise estimates: for every n≥3, the nontrivial modular witness (0,0;1,n−1) survives at least n−2 of the n cuts. Therefore no uniform o(n) per-witness bound can yield an o(k) cut; a successful argument must use the distribution and compatibility of the whole perfect-difference witness family.

Exact asymptotic cut-average setup plus a sharp obstruction. Interchanging witness/cut sums is valid, but individual witnesses can contribute n−O(1), so the hoped-for o(k) cut cannot follow from bounding each witness separately by o(n). Remaining route: prove aggregate cancellation or spacing restrictions specific to the perfect-difference witness family.

**Scope.**

Every modulus n and finite quadruple family E for the double-count identity; every n≥3 for the explicit near-total-survival modular witness.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44CutAverage.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44CutAverage.Direct

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

abbrev ModWitness (n : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c4dc6316-9e2d-47f5-9f1b-b079184b8a38/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44CutAverage

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

abbrev ModWitness (n : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (p.1.1.1 + p.1.1.2) % n = (p.2 + p.1.2) % n

def CutSurvivors (n c : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad) : Finset Quad :=
  E.filter (SameCarry n c)

def SurvivalCuts (n : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Finset ℕ :=
  (Finset.range n).filter fun c => SameCarry n c p

/-- Exact cut/witness double counting, together with a nontrivial modular
witness that survives at least `n-2` of the `n` cuts. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (n : ℕ) (E : Finset Quad),
    ∑ c ∈ Finset.range n, (CutSurvivors n c E).card =
      ∑ p ∈ E, (SurvivalCuts n p).card) ∧
  (∀ n : ℕ, 3 ≤ n →
    let p : Quad := (((0, 0), n - 1), 1)
    ModWitness n p ∧ n - 2 ≤ (SurvivalCuts n p).card)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44CutAverage
```

### 19. If oriented nonzero cyclic differences of D are unique, then at most K rotation points can have another point…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=19
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8e96155c-56fe-4547-9d80-0bdd81d229ba (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815053863, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:59:29.000Z by @woshuajolk

**If oriented nonzero cyclic differences of D are unique, then at most K rotation points can have another point within forward distance K: choose one short neighbor at each bad root, and the resulting differences inject into {1,…,K}.**

Therefore |D|>K guarantees a rotation point r whose entire forward gap exceeds K.

Quantitative gap-selection lemma completing the combinatorial input of the singleton cyclic-lift criterion: take K=N−a. For a perfect difference set with |D|>N−a, an isolating rotation exists automatically; no probabilistic averaging or adjacent-gap ordering is needed.

**Scope.**

Every modulus n>0, threshold K, and finite D⊆ℕ with unique oriented forward differences, positive differences between distinct points, and |D|>K.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44RotationGap.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44RotationGap.Direct

open Set Finset

def rot (n r x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - r) % n

def ForwardDifferenceUnique (n : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ r ∈ D, ∀ x ∈ D, ∀ u ∈ D, ∀ v ∈ D,
    r ≠ x → u ≠ v → rot n r x = rot n u v → r = u ∧ x = v

theorem proof :
    ∀ (n K : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ), 0 < n →
      ForwardDifferenceUnique n D →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8e96155c-56fe-4547-9d80-0bdd81d229ba/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44RotationGap

open Set Finset

def rot (n r x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - r) % n

def ForwardDifferenceUnique (n : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ r ∈ D, ∀ x ∈ D, ∀ u ∈ D, ∀ v ∈ D,
    r ≠ x → u ≠ v → rot n r x = rot n u v → r = u ∧ x = v

/-- At most `K` rotation points can have another point within forward cyclic
distance `K`; hence a larger perfect-difference set has an isolating rotation. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n K : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ), 0 < n →
    ForwardDifferenceUnique n D →
    (∀ r ∈ D, ∀ x ∈ D, r ≠ x → 0 < rot n r x) →
    K < D.card →
      ∃ r ∈ D, ∀ x ∈ D, x ≠ r → K < rot n r x

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44RotationGap
```

### 18. For any cut c of a cyclic model modulo n, a modular witness survives as an integer collision exactly when the…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=18
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f1e0d227-c697-4338-8dd9-052bd86ad5ef (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814739980, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:54:50.000Z by @woshuajolk

**For any cut c of a cyclic model modulo n, a modular witness survives as an integer collision exactly when the two lifted pair sums have the same carry across n.**

Therefore the integer collision finset is exactly the modular collision finset filtered by carry agreement; wraparound removal is carry mismatch, not a fiber-overlap phenomenon.

Exact cut/rotation reduction. The remaining quantitative task is to choose cut and shift so carry agreement holds for o(|C|) of the perfect modular witnesses. Controls include one surviving witness and one removed solely by unequal carries; exact? and corpus found no duplicate.

**Scope.**

Every modulus n>0, cut c, and finite family E of quadruples that are modular collision witnesses after rotating representatives at c.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44CutWrapCarry.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44CutWrapCarry.Direct

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev ModCollision (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2) % n =
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2) % n

abbrev IntegerCollision (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f1e0d227-c697-4338-8dd9-052bd86ad5ef/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44CutWrapCarry

open Set Finset

def rot (n c x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - c) % n

abbrev Quad := (((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

abbrev ModCollision (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2) % n =
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2) % n

abbrev IntegerCollision (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 =
    rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2

abbrev SameCarry (n c : ℕ) (p : Quad) : Prop :=
  (rot n c p.1.1.1 + rot n c p.1.1.2 < n) ↔
    (rot n c p.2 + rot n c p.1.2 < n)

/-- Among modular collision witnesses, precisely those whose two pair sums
have the same carry across the cut survive as integer collisions. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n c : ℕ), 0 < n → ∀ E : Finset Quad,
    (∀ p ∈ E, ModCollision n c p) →
      E.filter (IntegerCollision n c) = E.filter (SameCarry n c)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44CutWrapCarry
```

### 17. A cyclic Sidon set D rotated around r lifts via x↦a+((x+n−r) mod n) to a Sidon set containing the prescribed…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=17
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ad131039-7266-4d65-974b-56b2af789f0f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814710320, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:54:23.000Z by @woshuajolk

**A cyclic Sidon set D rotated around r lifts via x↦a+((x+n−r) mod n) to a Sidon set containing the prescribed singleton {a}.**

If the following cyclic gap is longer than N−a, then a is the only lifted point at most N; deleting it gives a valid extension above N with exactly |D| total points and support a+n−1. Thus any asymptotically optimal cyclic construction with such a gap proves the singleton case without collision deletion.

Exact singleton-extension mechanism. For Singer parameters n=q²+q+1, |D|=q+1 and the average cyclic gap is n/|D|≈q; selecting a gap longer than fixed N−a would discharge the criterion for large q. The formal theorem isolates this remaining construction/gap input rather than assuming collision-cover sparsity.

**Scope.**

Every N≥a≥1, modulus n>0, rotation point r<n in a finite cyclic Sidon data set D, with injective rotation, an isolating forward gap, and a supplied density inequality.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44SingletonCyclicLift.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44SingletonCyclicLift.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def rot (n r x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - r) % n

def RotSidon (n r : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ad131039-7266-4d65-974b-56b2af789f0f/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44SingletonCyclicLift

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def rot (n r x : ℕ) : ℕ := (x + n - r) % n

def RotSidon (n r : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ D, ∀ y ∈ D, ∀ u ∈ D, ∀ v ∈ D,
    (rot n r x + rot n r y) % n = (rot n r u + rot n r v) % n →
      (x = u ∧ y = v) ∨ (x = v ∧ y = u)

def RotInjective (n r : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ D, ∀ y ∈ D, rot n r x = rot n r y → x = y

/-- A cyclic Sidon set rotated to place a long following gap after `r` lifts to
a dense integer Sidon extension of the prescribed singleton `{a}`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (N a n r : ℕ) (D : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ a → a ≤ N → 0 < n → r < n →
    r ∈ D → RotInjective n r D → RotSidon n r D →
    (∀ x ∈ D, x ≠ r → N < a + rot n r x) →
    N < a + n - 1 →
    ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
      (1 - ε) * Real.sqrt ((a + n - 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ D.card →
        ∃ M > N, ∃ B ⊆ Finset.Icc (N + 1) M,
          IsSidon (({a} ∪ B : Finset ℕ) : Set ℕ) ∧
            (1 - ε) * Real.sqrt M ≤ ({a} ∪ B : Finset ℕ).card

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44SingletonCyclicLift
```

### 16. For the integer collision equation x+y=d+z with x,y,z in a Sidon set C and d∉C, fixing x determines the whole…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=16
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/05c3815e-3e94-4a94-8a39-ec71ed8e4e1e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813869705, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:41:44.000Z by @woshuajolk

**For the integer collision equation x+y=d+z with x,y,z in a Sidon set C and d∉C, fixing x determines the whole edge, fixing y determines the whole edge, and fixing z determines the unordered pair {x,y}.**

Hence coordinate fibers have sizes at most 1,1,2 and every vertex has total collision degree at most 4. Large edge count therefore forces a proportionally large cover; overlap cannot produce o(|C|) deletion unless the collision count itself is o(|C|).

Direct non-modular overlap theorem. The only high-overlap exception is d∈C, where diagonal/star edges may occur. Away from it, Sidonicity bounds coordinate fibers by 1,1,2, reducing the remaining problem from vertex-cover structure to proving collision-count sparsity for a well-chosen shift.

**Scope.**

Every finite Sidon C⊆ℕ, every nonexceptional natural offset d∉C, and every pair of integer collision triples satisfying x+y=d+z.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44SidonCollisionFibers.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44SidonCollisionFibers.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

abbrev Triple := (ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ

def IsCollision (C : Finset ℕ) (d : ℕ) (p : Triple) : Prop :=
  p.1.1 ∈ C ∧ p.1.2 ∈ C ∧ p.2 ∈ C ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/05c3815e-3e94-4a94-8a39-ec71ed8e4e1e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44SidonCollisionFibers

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

abbrev Triple := (ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ

def IsCollision (C : Finset ℕ) (d : ℕ) (p : Triple) : Prop :=
  p.1.1 ∈ C ∧ p.1.2 ∈ C ∧ p.2 ∈ C ∧
    p.1.1 + p.1.2 = d + p.2

/-- At a nonexceptional offset, the three coordinate fibers of the Sidon
collision hypergraph have sizes at most one, one, and two. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (C : Finset ℕ), IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) →
    ∀ d ∉ C,
      (∀ p q : Triple, IsCollision C d p → IsCollision C d q →
        p.1.1 = q.1.1 → p = q) ∧
      (∀ p q : Triple, IsCollision C d p → IsCollision C d q →
        p.1.2 = q.1.2 → p = q) ∧
      (∀ p q : Triple, IsCollision C d p → IsCollision C d q →
        p.2 = q.2 →
          (p.1.1 = q.1.1 ∧ p.1.2 = q.1.2) ∨
          (p.1.1 = q.1.2 ∧ p.1.2 = q.1.1))

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44SidonCollisionFibers
```

### 15. Suppose C has a linear vertex-cover barrier at every offset d outside C.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=15
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5eaef0d1-d4e9-4931-9346-30bad05c523e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813534154, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:36:41.000Z by @woshuajolk

**Suppose C has a linear vertex-cover barrier at every offset d outside C.**

If A contains distinct a₁,a₂ and A×C cross sums are injective, then every shift t has at least one nonexceptional offset among t−a₁,t−a₂. Hence any set covering the collision hypergraphs for all old points has size at least |C|/4.

Compares candidate offsets simultaneously: cross uniqueness forbids t−a₁ and t−a₂ from both lying in C, because both cross sums equal t. Composed with the perfect-difference cover barrier, this gives a linear deletion obstruction for every shift whenever A has at least two points.

**Scope.**

Every abelian group, finite A,C with an outside-offset cover barrier and injective A×C cross sums, two explicit distinct elements of A, every shift t, and every common cover of all offset collision hypergraphs.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44TwoOffsetCoverBarrier.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44TwoOffsetCoverBarrier.Direct

open Set Finset

abbrev Triple (α : Type*) := (α × α) × α

def CollisionTriples {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α) : Finset (Triple α) :=
  ((C ×ˢ C) ×ˢ C).filter fun p => p.1.1 + p.1.2 - p.2 = d

def Covers {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α) (X : Finset α) : Prop :=
  (CollisionTriples C d).filter
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5eaef0d1-d4e9-4931-9346-30bad05c523e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44TwoOffsetCoverBarrier

open Set Finset

abbrev Triple (α : Type*) := (α × α) × α

def CollisionTriples {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α) : Finset (Triple α) :=
  ((C ×ˢ C) ×ˢ C).filter fun p => p.1.1 + p.1.2 - p.2 = d

def Covers {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α) (X : Finset α) : Prop :=
  (CollisionTriples C d).filter
    (fun p => p.1.1 ∈ X ∨ p.1.2 ∈ X ∨ p.2 ∈ X) =
      CollisionTriples C d

def CrossUnique {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α]
    (A C : Finset α) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
    a₁ + c₁ = a₂ + c₂ → a₁ = a₂ ∧ c₁ = c₂

def OffsetCoverBarrier {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) : Prop :=
  ∀ d ∉ C, ∀ X : Finset α, Covers C d X → C.card ≤ 4 * X.card

def CoversAllOffsets {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (A C : Finset α) (t : α) (X : Finset α) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ A, Covers C (t - a) X

/-- Two distinct old points and cross-sum injectivity force every shift to have
at least one nonexceptional collision offset. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (A C : Finset α), OffsetCoverBarrier C → CrossUnique A C →
      ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, a₁ ≠ a₂ →
        ∀ t X, CoversAllOffsets A C t X → C.card ≤ 4 * X.card

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44TwoOffsetCoverBarrier
```

### 14. In a finite abelian group, let C be a perfect difference set and H_d the triples (x,y,z)∈C³ with x+y−z=d.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=14
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3b624a50-fc81-4a60-9500-fb05d1c79adf (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32813343760, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:33:47.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**In a finite abelian group, let C be a perfect difference set and H_d the triples (x,y,z)∈C³ with x+y−z=d.**

If d∉C, then every vertex cover X satisfies |C|≤4|X|. The proof shows |H_d|=|C| and coordinate fiber bounds 1,1,2. This is a modular cover obstruction; transferring it to an integer lift requires controlling wraparound, since the integer collision hypergraph may omit modular edges.

Clarified the exact scope after checking the lift: the theorem is a finite-group structural obstruction and does not alone prove linear cover number for an integer Singer lift. The unresolved bridge is a non-wrap edge lower bound.

**Scope.**

Every finite linearly ordered abelian group, every perfect difference set C, every offset d outside C, and every vertex cover X of the collision triples x+y−z=d.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44PerfectDifferenceCoverBarrier.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44PerfectDifferenceCoverBarrier.Direct

open Set Finset

def PerfectDifferences {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [Fintype α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) : Prop :=
  ((Finset.univ.erase 0).filter fun δ =>
    (((C ×ˢ C).filter fun p => p.1 - p.2 = δ).card = 1)) =
      Finset.univ.erase 0

abbrev Triple (α : Type*) := (α × α) × α

def CollisionTriples {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3b624a50-fc81-4a60-9500-fb05d1c79adf/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44PerfectDifferenceCoverBarrier

open Set Finset

def PerfectDifferences {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [Fintype α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) : Prop :=
  ((Finset.univ.erase 0).filter fun δ =>
    (((C ×ˢ C).filter fun p => p.1 - p.2 = δ).card = 1)) =
      Finset.univ.erase 0

abbrev Triple (α : Type*) := (α × α) × α

def CollisionTriples {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α) : Finset (Triple α) :=
  ((C ×ˢ C) ×ˢ C).filter fun p => p.1.1 + p.1.2 - p.2 = d

def Covers {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [DecidableEq α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α) (X : Finset α) : Prop :=
  (CollisionTriples C d).filter
    (fun p => p.1.1 ∈ X ∨ p.1.2 ∈ X ∨ p.2 ∈ X) =
      CollisionTriples C d

/-- Away from the exceptional offsets lying in a perfect difference set, every
vertex cover of its collision triples has linear size. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ {α : Type*} [AddCommGroup α] [Fintype α] [LinearOrder α]
    (C : Finset α) (d : α), PerfectDifferences C → d ∉ C →
      ∀ X : Finset α, Covers C d X → C.card ≤ 4 * X.card

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44PerfectDifferenceCoverBarrier
```

### 13. Every Sidon C⊆[R,L] satisfies |C|²−|C|≤2(L−R), by injectivity of oriented nonzero differences.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=13
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/05a27f73-b7c7-42a1-bbf5-fa70a50022f4 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812366969, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:18:57.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**Every Sidon C⊆[R,L] satisfies |C|²−|C|≤2(L−R), by injectivity of oriented nonzero differences.**

Combined with the small-shift ordering requirement R=(1/2−o(1))L, this yields only |C|≤(1+o(1))√L. Thus the elementary difference count reaches exactly the target scale and does NOT itself rule out a successful upper-interval construction; it identifies the remaining sharp constant gap.

Corrected interpretation after checking constants: the theorem eliminates only blocks exceeding the oriented-difference capacity 2(L−R); it does not eliminate the full upper-interval route. At R≈L/2 the bound still permits the desired √L cardinality, so a stronger construction or obstruction remains necessary.

**Scope.**

Every natural R≤L and every finite Sidon set C contained in [R,L].

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44IntervalCapacityBarrier.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44IntervalCapacityBarrier.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

theorem proof :
    ∀ (R L : ℕ) (C : Finset ℕ), R ≤ L →
      C ⊆ Finset.Icc R L → IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) →
        C.card * C.card - C.card ≤ 2 * (L - R) := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/05a27f73-b7c7-42a1-bbf5-fa70a50022f4/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44IntervalCapacityBarrier

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- A Sidon set in `[R,L]` has at most `2(L-R)` ordered distinct pairs. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (R L : ℕ) (C : Finset ℕ), R ≤ L →
    C ⊆ Finset.Icc R L → IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) →
      C.card * C.card - C.card ≤ 2 * (L - R)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44IntervalCapacityBarrier
```

### 12. If C lies in [R,L], the translated block t+C can be adjoined losslessly whenever 2N<t+R+1 and N+L<t+2R, provi…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=12
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b882ec59-5f2f-4c3c-ab96-9bd89f2edddf (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32812146367, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:15:32.000Z by @woshuajolk

**If C lies in [R,L], the translated block t+C can be adjoined losslessly whenever 2N<t+R+1 and N+L<t+2R, provided the old/block cross-sum map is injective.**

The second inequality is the exact ordering condition excluding a+(t+c)=2t+c₁+c₂.

Isolates the exact upper-interval mechanism for small shifts. Since N is fixed, t=o(L) in N+L<t+2R forces R=(1/2-o(1))L; ordinary interval-width capacity then reproduces the √2 loss rather than removing it.

**Scope.**

Every N≥1, R≤L, shift t, Sidon A⊆[1,N], Sidon C⊆[R,L], with injective A×C cross sums and the two displayed strict range inequalities.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44UpperIntervalShift.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44UpperIntervalShift.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def CrossUnique (A C : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
    a₁ + c₁ = a₂ + c₂ → a₁ = a₂ ∧ c₁ = c₂
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b882ec59-5f2f-4c3c-ab96-9bd89f2edddf/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44UpperIntervalShift

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def CrossUnique (A C : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
    a₁ + c₁ = a₂ + c₂ → a₁ = a₂ ∧ c₁ = c₂

/-- An upper-interval Sidon block can be adjoined with an arbitrary shift once
the exact old/mixed and mixed/block sum-range inequalities hold. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (N R L t : ℕ) (A C : Finset ℕ), 1 ≤ N → R ≤ L →
    2 * N < t + R + 1 → N + L < t + 2 * R →
    A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N → C ⊆ Finset.Icc R L →
    IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) → IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) → CrossUnique A C →
      let B := C.image (fun c => t + c)
      B ⊆ Finset.Icc (N + 1) (t + L) ∧
        B.card = C.card ∧
          (A ∪ B).card = A.card + C.card ∧
            IsSidon (A ∪ B : Set ℕ)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44UpperIntervalShift
```

### 11. For canonical ordered witnesses to a mixed/block collision a+(t+c)=2t+c₁+c₂, Sidonicity makes the projection…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=11
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3aefc8f1-4f07-43c1-8182-dafb43f7e941 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811830704, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:10:34.000Z by @woshuajolk

**For canonical ordered witnesses to a mixed/block collision a+(t+c)=2t+c₁+c₂, Sidonicity makes the projection to (t,a,c) injective.**

Hence any finite shift window S contains at most |S||A||C| collisions in total.

Quantifies the small-shift averaging barrier: summing over W candidate shifts gives only W|A||C|, so averaging plus one-deletion-per-collision remains linear in |C|.

**Scope.**

Every finite candidate-shift set S and finite A,C⊆ℕ, assuming C is Sidon; block pairs are canonicalized by c₁≤c₂.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44ShiftCollisionBound.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44ShiftCollisionBound.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

abbrev ShiftWitness := ((((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

def ShiftCollisions (S A C : Finset ℕ) : Finset ShiftWitness :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3aefc8f1-4f07-43c1-8182-dafb43f7e941/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos44ShiftCollisionBound

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

abbrev ShiftWitness := ((((ℕ × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ) × ℕ)

/-- Canonical ordered witnesses to a mixed/block collision
`a + (t+c) = 2t + c₁+c₂`.  The order `c₁ ≤ c₂` removes the
irrelevant interchange of the two block summands. -/
def ShiftCollisions (S A C : Finset ℕ) : Finset ShiftWitness :=
  ((((S ×ˢ A) ×ˢ C) ×ˢ C) ×ˢ C).filter fun p =>
    p.1.2 ≤ p.2 ∧
      p.1.1.1.2 + (p.1.1.1.1 + p.1.1.2) =
        2 * p.1.1.1.1 + p.1.2 + p.2

/-- Across any finite window `S` of candidate shifts, a Sidon block has at most
`|S||A||C|` canonical mixed/block collisions. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (S A C : Finset ℕ), IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) →
    (ShiftCollisions S A C).card ≤ S.card * A.card * C.card

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos44ShiftCollisionBound
```

### 10. If C avoids every positive difference occurring in A, then the cross-sum map A×C→ℕ is injective.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/192df0c2-38ac-4c00-bbbe-7d730b2cc103 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32811063684, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:59:01.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If C avoids every positive difference occurring in A, then the cross-sum map A×C→ℕ is injective.**

**Scope.**

Every pair of finite sets A,C⊆ℕ; C avoids the positive-difference finset Δ⁺A.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44DifferenceAvoidanceCrossUnique.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44DifferenceAvoidanceCrossUnique.Direct

open Set Finset

def PositiveDifferences (A : Finset ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  ((A ×ˢ A).filter fun p => p.1 < p.2).image fun p => p.2 - p.1

def AvoidsDifferences (C F : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ C, ∀ d ∈ F, x + d ∉ C

def CrossUnique (A C : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/192df0c2-38ac-4c00-bbbe-7d730b2cc103/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44DifferenceAvoidanceCrossUnique

open Set Finset

def PositiveDifferences (A : Finset ℕ) : Finset ℕ :=
  ((A ×ˢ A).filter fun p => p.1 < p.2).image fun p => p.2 - p.1

def AvoidsDifferences (C F : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ C, ∀ d ∈ F, x + d ∉ C

def CrossUnique (A C : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
    a₁ + c₁ = a₂ + c₂ → a₁ = a₂ ∧ c₁ = c₂

/-- Avoiding the positive differences of `A` is exactly sufficient for cross-sum injectivity. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A C : Finset ℕ,
    AvoidsDifferences C (PositiveDifferences A) → CrossUnique A C

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44DifferenceAvoidanceCrossUnique
```

### 9. If the cross-sum map (a,c)↦a+c is injective, translating C by N+L separates old-old, mixed, and block-block s…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d6d0da9e-517e-498b-867f-bdc81ed0001a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810902230, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:56:30.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If the cross-sum map (a,c)↦a+c is injective, translating C by N+L separates old-old, mixed, and block-block sum zones and adjoins all of C without loss.**

**Scope.**

Every 1≤N≤L, Sidon A⊆{1,…,N}, Sidon C⊆{1,…,L}, with injective A×C cross sums.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44TranslatedBlockCriterion.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44TranslatedBlockCriterion.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def CrossUnique (A C : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
    a₁ + c₁ = a₂ + c₂ → a₁ = a₂ ∧ c₁ = c₂
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/d6d0da9e-517e-498b-867f-bdc81ed0001a/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44TranslatedBlockCriterion

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def CrossUnique (A C : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a₁ ∈ A, ∀ a₂ ∈ A, ∀ c₁ ∈ C, ∀ c₂ ∈ C,
    a₁ + c₁ = a₂ + c₂ → a₁ = a₂ ∧ c₁ = c₂

/-- Difference compatibility is the exact remaining condition after separating the three sum zones. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (N ≥ (1 : ℕ)) (L ≥ N)
    (A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N) (C ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 L),
      IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) → IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) → CrossUnique A C →
        let T := N + L
        let B := C.image (fun c => T + c)
        B ⊆ Finset.Icc (N + 1) (N + 2 * L) ∧
          B.card = C.card ∧
            (A ∪ B).card = A.card + C.card ∧
              IsSidon (A ∪ B : Set ℕ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44TranslatedBlockCriterion
```

### 8. A Sidon set can be made to avoid any finite set F of positive differences by deleting at most |F| points; thu…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/09232c87-1595-40e9-ab8e-a98fc06e9c9c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810594796, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:51:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**A Sidon set can be made to avoid any finite set F of positive differences by deleting at most |F| points; thus fixed forbidden differences cost only O(1) points and preserve the leading asymptotic density constant.**

**Scope.**

Every finite Sidon C ⊆ ℕ and every finite set F of strictly positive forbidden differences.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44ForbiddenDifferenceDeletion.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44ForbiddenDifferenceDeletion.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def AvoidsDifferences (C F : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ C, ∀ d ∈ F, x + d ∉ C
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/09232c87-1595-40e9-ab8e-a98fc06e9c9c/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44ForbiddenDifferenceDeletion

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

def AvoidsDifferences (C F : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ C, ∀ d ∈ F, x + d ∉ C

/-- Finitely many positive differences can be removed from a Sidon set at unit cost each. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (C F : Finset ℕ), IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) →
    (∀ d ∈ F, 0 < d) →
      ∃ C' ⊆ C, IsSidon (C' : Set ℕ) ∧
        AvoidsDifferences C' F ∧ C.card ≤ C'.card + F.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44ForbiddenDifferenceDeletion
```

### 7. For every k≥1, the explicit encoding i ↦ i+(2k+1)i² sends {1,…,k} injectively to a k-element Sidon set inside…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f67b3def-d29c-4806-80d1-47f46e5fc20e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810151635, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:44:46.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every k≥1, the explicit encoding i ↦ i+(2k+1)i² sends {1,…,k} injectively to a k-element Sidon set inside an interval of cubic length.**

**Scope.**

Every integer k ≥ 1; C={i+(2k+1)i²:1≤i≤k} lies in {1,…,k+(2k+1)k²}.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44PolynomialSidonBlocks.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44PolynomialSidonBlocks.Direct

open Set Finset

def PolyIsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

private lemma sum_prod_unordered
    (i j u v : ℕ) (hs : i + j = u + v) (hp : i * j = u * v) :
    (i = u ∧ j = v) ∨ (i = v ∧ j = u) := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f67b3def-d29c-4806-80d1-47f46e5fc20e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44PolynomialSidonBlocks

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- An explicit `k`-point Sidon block with cubic support. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ k : ℕ, 1 ≤ k →
    let q := 2 * k + 1
    let L := k + q * k^2
    let C := (Finset.Icc 1 k).image (fun i => i + q * i^2)
    C ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 L ∧ C.card = k ∧ IsSidon (C : Set ℕ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44PolynomialSidonBlocks
```

### 6. Any finite Sidon block C ⊆ {1,…,L} can be adjoined wholesale to A after scaling it by 2N; all |C| points surv…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5587786d-0bc2-4d8a-8d88-8f22995ea51d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32809833815, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:39:43.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**Any finite Sidon block C ⊆ {1,…,L} can be adjoined wholesale to A after scaling it by 2N; all |C| points survive and the new support is exactly 2NL.**

**Scope.**

Every N,L ≥ 1 and Sidon finite sets A ⊆ {1,…,N}, C ⊆ {1,…,L}; B={2Nc:c∈C}.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44ScaledBlockExtension.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44ScaledBlockExtension.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

private lemma mixed_unique
    (N a₁ a₂ c₁ c₂ : ℕ) (hN : 1 ≤ N)
    (ha₁ : 1 ≤ a₁) (ha₁N : a₁ ≤ N)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5587786d-0bc2-4d8a-8d88-8f22995ea51d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44ScaledBlockExtension

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- A whole Sidon block can be adjoined after scaling by `2N`, with polynomial support. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (N ≥ (1 : ℕ)) (A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N), IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) →
    ∀ᵉ (L ≥ (1 : ℕ)) (C ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 L), IsSidon (C : Set ℕ) →
      let B := C.image (fun c => (2 * N) * c)
      N < 2 * N * L ∧
        B ⊆ Finset.Icc (N + 1) (2 * N * L) ∧
          B.card = C.card ∧
            (A ∪ B).card = A.card + C.card ∧
              IsSidon (A ∪ B : Set ℕ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44ScaledBlockExtension
```

### 5. The full density conclusion holds by adjoining 2N whenever the resulting known cardinality |A|+1 already domi…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fbb81dd6-d448-4a10-ae98-b1d9c5d4bc1f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807835815, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:08:26.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The full density conclusion holds by adjoining 2N whenever the resulting known cardinality |A|+1 already dominates (1−ε)√(2N).**

**Scope.**

Every N ≥ 1, Sidon A ⊆ {1,…,N}, and ε > 0 satisfying (1−ε)√(2N) ≤ |A|+1.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44ConditionalExtension.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44ConditionalExtension.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

private theorem onePoint
    (N : ℕ) (A : Finset ℕ) (hsub : A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N)
    (hsidon : IsSidon (A : Set ℕ)) (x : ℕ) (hx : 2 * N ≤ x) :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fbb81dd6-d448-4a10-ae98-b1d9c5d4bc1f/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44ConditionalExtension

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- A direct partial form of Erdős problem 44, obtained by adjoining `2N`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (N ≥ (1 : ℕ)) (A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N), IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) →
    ∀ᵉ (ε > (0 : ℝ)),
      (1 - ε) * Real.sqrt ((2 * N : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ A.card + 1 →
        ∃ᵉ (M > N) (B ⊆ Finset.Icc (N + 1) M),
          IsSidon (A ∪ B : Set ℕ) ∧
            (1 - ε) * Real.sqrt M ≤ (A ∪ B).card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44ConditionalExtension
```

### 4. The uniform safe threshold for adjoining one new point cannot be lowered from 2N to 2N−1: for N ≥ 2, {1,N} is…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=4
- Status: dead route
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e1303bda-3aa4-4336-ba23-e64224adae8e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807793815, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:07:53.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**The uniform safe threshold for adjoining one new point cannot be lowered from 2N to 2N−1: for N ≥ 2, {1,N} is Sidon but adding 2N−1 creates 1+(2N−1)=N+N.**

**Scope.**

Every N ≥ 2; eliminates the uniform one-point proposal x = 2N−1, with {1,N} as a counterexample.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44BelowDoubleFails.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44BelowDoubleFails.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

theorem proof :
    ∀ (N : ℕ), 2 ≤ N →
      ({1, N} : Finset ℕ) ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N ∧
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e1303bda-3aa4-4336-ba23-e64224adae8e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44BelowDoubleFails

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- The uniform one-point threshold `2N` cannot be lowered to `2N-1`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (N : ℕ), 2 ≤ N →
    ({1, N} : Finset ℕ) ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N ∧
      IsSidon ({1, N} : Set ℕ) ∧
        ¬ IsSidon (({1, N} : Set ℕ) ∪ {2 * N - 1})

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44BelowDoubleFails
```

### 3. If A is a Sidon subset of {1,…,N}, then adjoining any integer x ≥ 2N preserves the Sidon property.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2b025147-3bd1-4e47-9c5b-309fad32f00e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807758554, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:07:16.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**If A is a Sidon subset of {1,…,N}, then adjoining any integer x ≥ 2N preserves the Sidon property.**

**Scope.**

Every N, finite A ⊆ {1,…,N}, and integer x ≥ 2N.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44OnePointExtension.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44OnePointExtension.Direct

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

theorem proof :
    ∀ (N : ℕ) (A : Finset ℕ), A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N →
      IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) → ∀ (x : ℕ), 2 * N ≤ x →
        IsSidon ((A : Set ℕ) ∪ {x}) := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2b025147-3bd1-4e47-9c5b-309fad32f00e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44OnePointExtension

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- Every Sidon set in `[1, N]` remains Sidon after adjoining any `x ≥ 2N`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (N : ℕ) (A : Finset ℕ), A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N →
    IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) → ∀ (x : ℕ), 2 * N ≤ x →
      IsSidon ((A : Set ℕ) ∪ {x})

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44OnePointExtension
```

### 2. The set {1,2,4,8,13}, the first five Mian–Chowla numbers, is a Sidon set.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b0302274-5d6b-4ee4-9d60-2055be60885d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32805488637, axioms: propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:29:05.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The set {1,2,4,8,13}, the first five Mian–Chowla numbers, is a Sidon set.**

**Scope.**

The concrete five-element subset {1,2,4,8,13} of ℕ under the root's pair-sum definition of Sidon.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos44FiveTermSidonWitness.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos44FiveTermSidonWitness.Direct

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

theorem proof : IsSidon ({1, 2, 4, 8, 13} : Set ℕ) := by
  intro i₁ hi₁ j₁ hj₁ i₂ hi₂ j₂ hj₂ hsum
  simp only [Set.mem_insert_iff, Set.mem_singleton_iff] at hi₁ hj₁ hi₂ hj₂
  rcases hi₁ with rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl <;>
  rcases hj₁ with rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl <;>
  rcases hi₂ with rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl <;>
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b0302274-5d6b-4ee4-9d60-2055be60885d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval

namespace Statements.Erdos44FiveTermSidonWitness

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- The first five Mian–Chowla numbers form a Sidon set. -/
abbrev statement : Prop := IsSidon ({1, 2, 4, 8, 13} : Set ℕ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44FiveTermSidonWitness
```

### 1. Every Sidon set A in {1,…,N} can, for every positive ε, be extended above N to a Sidon set in {1,…,M} of size…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/28?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:27:27.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Every Sidon set A in {1,…,N} can, for every positive ε, be extended above N to a Sidon set in {1,…,M} of size at least (1−ε)√M.**

Term mapping is exact: IsSidon says equal pair sums arise only by swapping; N and A are universally quantified with N ≥ 1 and A inside Icc 1 N; ε is universally positive; M and B are existential with M > N and B inside Icc (N+1) M; the conclusion is Sidonicity of A ∪ B and the published density lower bound. Lean verifies {1,2,4,8,13} as a concrete hypothesis witness. The independent encoding is definitionally equal, eleven content-free bridges are rejected, and the direct negation attempt reduces to the genuine obstruction.

**Scope.**

Every N ≥ 1, Sidon A ⊆ {1,…,N}, and ε > 0; M > N and the added set B ⊆ {N+1,…,M} may depend on N, A, and ε.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Interval
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt

namespace Statements.Erdos44SidonExtension

open Set Finset

def IsSidon {α : Type*} [AddCommMonoid α] (A : Set α) : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (i₁ ∈ A) (j₁ ∈ A) (i₂ ∈ A) (j₂ ∈ A),
    i₁ + i₂ = j₁ + j₂ →
      (i₁ = j₁ ∧ i₂ = j₂) ∨ (i₁ = j₂ ∧ i₂ = j₁)

/-- Erdős problem 44: extend every finite Sidon set to near-optimal density. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᵉ (N ≥ (1 : ℕ)) (A ⊆ Finset.Icc 1 N), IsSidon (A : Set ℕ) →
    ∀ᵉ (ε > (0 : ℝ)), ∃ᵉ (M > N) (B ⊆ Finset.Icc (N + 1) M),
      IsSidon (A ∪ B : Set ℕ) ∧
        (1 - ε) * Real.sqrt M ≤ (A ∪ B).card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos44SidonExtension
```

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