# Jig #283: Open

> Does the fork-free divisibility extremal density exist and remain irrational?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/283
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1062 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1062)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:50:20.442Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:52:35.402Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:52:51.937Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For every n, the largest fork-free subset of {1,…,n} has size at least ceil(2n/3).

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/283?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a3e1d54b-042b-4393-82ce-a417f7eff4bb (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32823765152, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:52:35.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every n, the largest fork-free subset of {1,…,n} has size at least ceil(2n/3).**

**Scope.**

The explicit interval {floor(n/3)+1,…,n} witnesses the classical elementary baseline.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1062TwoThirdsLowerBound.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Archimedean.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1062TwoThirdsLowerBound.Direct

def ForkFree (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ A, ({b | b ∈ A \ {a} ∧ a ∣ b} : Set ℕ).Subsingleton

noncomputable def extremal (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  Nat.findGreatest
    (fun k => ∃ A ⊆ Set.Icc 1 n, ForkFree A ∧ A.ncard = k) n
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a3e1d54b-042b-4393-82ce-a417f7eff4bb/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Archimedean.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos1062TwoThirdsLowerBound

def ForkFree (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ A, ({b | b ∈ A \ {a} ∧ a ∣ b} : Set ℕ).Subsingleton

noncomputable def extremal (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  Nat.findGreatest
    (fun k => ∃ A ⊆ Set.Icc 1 n, ForkFree A ∧ A.ncard = k) n

/-- The upper two-thirds interval is fork-free. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ⌈(2 * n / 3 : ℝ)⌉₊ ≤ extremal n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1062TwoThirdsLowerBound
```

### 1. If f(n) is the largest size of A⊆{1,…,n} in which no element divides two distinct other elements, does f(n)/n…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/283?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:50:20.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**If f(n) is the largest size of A⊆{1,…,n} in which no element divides two distinct other elements, does f(n)/n converge to an irrational real number?**

Fidelity preserves positive-integer interval, three-distinct-element fork exclusion, finite maximum, real normalized density, limit existence, and irrationality. Whole proof routes tested divisibility-poset decomposition by odd cores, multiplicative scaling, local weak limits, sub/superadditivity repairs, and finite-state optimization. Refutation routes tested rational periodic layer profiles, nonconvergent scale oscillation, and competing extremal constructions; current 0.6725–0.6736 bounds certify neither.

**Scope.**

The current DeepMind fork-free predicate and bounded finite maximum; both existence and irrationality of the limiting density are required.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Irrational

namespace Statements.Erdos1062ForkFreeIrrationalDensity

open Filter
open scoped Topology

def ForkFree (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ A, ({b | b ∈ A \ {a} ∧ a ∣ b} : Set ℕ).Subsingleton

noncomputable def extremal (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  Nat.findGreatest
    (fun k => ∃ A ⊆ Set.Icc 1 n, ForkFree A ∧ A.ncard = k) n

/-- Erdős problem 1062: the limiting density of the largest fork-free
subset exists and is irrational. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ l : ℝ,
    Tendsto (fun n : ℕ => (extremal n : ℝ) / n) atTop (𝓝 l) ∧
      Irrational l

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1062ForkFreeIrrationalDensity
```

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