# Jig #281: Open

> Is the minimum diameter of a k-element admissible set asymptotic to k log k?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/281
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1204 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1204)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:47:54.290Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:48:13.531Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:50:16.311Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The singleton sequence {0} is admissible.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/281?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:48:13.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The singleton sequence {0} is admissible.**

**Scope.**

Admissibility smoke boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos1204SingletonAdmissible.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

open Finset

namespace Submissions.Erdos1204SingletonAdmissible.Worker04Smoke

def IsAdmissible (s : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
    ∃ r : ℕ, r < p ∧ ∀ a ∈ s, a % p ≠ r

theorem proof : IsAdmissible {0} := by
  intro p hp
  refine ⟨1, hp.one_lt, ?_⟩
  intro a ha
  simp at ha
  subst a
  simp

end Submissions.Erdos1204SingletonAdmissible.Worker04Smoke
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

open Finset

namespace Statements.Erdos1204SingletonAdmissible

def IsAdmissible (s : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
    ∃ r : ℕ, r < p ∧ ∀ a ∈ s, a % p ≠ r

/-- The singleton zero sequence is admissible. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  IsAdmissible {0}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1204SingletonAdmissible
```

### 1. If A(k) is the least possible maximum of a k-element nonnegative admissible sequence, is A(k) asymptotic to k…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/281?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:47:54.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If A(k) is the least possible maximum of a k-element nonnegative admissible sequence, is A(k) asymptotic to k log k?**

Admissibility explicitly requires a missing residue class modulo every prime. The natural-number sInf takes the least achievable maximum over nonempty k-element Finsets; the k=0 convention is asymptotically irrelevant. The fleet compares r<p with r in range p, checks singleton admissibility and the mod-2 failure of {0,1}, and rejects twelve degenerate escapes.

**Scope.**

Minimum diameter A(k).

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.AsymptoticEquivalent
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open Filter Finset
open scoped Asymptotics Topology

namespace Statements.Erdos1204AdmissibleDiameter

def IsAdmissible (s : Finset ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime →
    ∃ r : ℕ, r < p ∧ ∀ a ∈ s, a % p ≠ r

noncomputable def minimumDiameter (k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {m : ℕ | ∃ (s : Finset ℕ) (hs : s.Nonempty),
    s.card = k ∧ IsAdmissible s ∧ m = s.max' hs}

/-- The explicit asymptotic conjecture in Erdős Problem 1204. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (fun k : ℕ => (minimumDiameter k : ℝ)) ~[atTop]
    (fun k : ℕ => (k : ℝ) * Real.log k)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1204AdmissibleDiameter
```

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