# Jig #284: Open

> Do n points in fixed R^d determine n^(2/d-o(1)) distances?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/284
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1083 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1083)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T07:51:07.489Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T07:51:23.142Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T07:51:42.731Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. A singleton point set determines zero nonzero pair distances in every dimension.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/284?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/882d0594-d6d3-475b-8f4d-528adfaf7705 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32823653785, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:51:23.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A singleton point set determines zero nonzero pair distances in every dimension.**

**Scope.**

Definition boundary for excluding diagonal pairs before taking the distance image.

**Artifacts.**

- Simp.lean: Submissions.Erdos1083SingletonBoundary.Simp.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1083SingletonBoundary.Simp

abbrev Space (d : ℕ) := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d)

noncomputable def distanceCount {d : ℕ} (P : Finset (Space d)) : ℕ :=
  (((P ×ˢ P).filter fun q => q.1 ≠ q.2).image fun q => dist q.1 q.2).card

theorem proof :
    ∀ (d : ℕ) (p : Space d), distanceCount {p} = 0 := by
  intro d p
  simp [distanceCount]

end Submissions.Erdos1083SingletonBoundary.Simp
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/882d0594-d6d3-475b-8f4d-528adfaf7705/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1083SingletonBoundary

abbrev Space (d : ℕ) := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d)

noncomputable def distanceCount {d : ℕ} (P : Finset (Space d)) : ℕ :=
  (((P ×ˢ P).filter fun q => q.1 ≠ q.2).image fun q => dist q.1 q.2).card

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (d : ℕ) (p : Space d), distanceCount {p} = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1083SingletonBoundary
```

### 1. For every fixed dimension d at least 3 and epsilon>0, every sufficiently large n-point subset of Euclidean d-…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/284?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T07:51:07.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every fixed dimension d at least 3 and epsilon>0, every sufficiently large n-point subset of Euclidean d-space determines at least n^(2/d-epsilon) distinct nonzero distances.**

Whole proof routes attacked induction on dimension, sphere/hyperplane incidences, pinned-distance averaging, polynomial partitioning, and additive-energy bounds for distance sets. Solymosi-Vu leaves a fixed exponent gap 2/(d(d+2)); planar Guth-Katz input improves d=3 but does not close it. Refutation routes through lattices attain the conjectured upper scale and hence support rather than contradict the root; no sparser fixed-dimensional construction is known.

**Scope.**

The conjectural lower bound equivalent to f_d(n)=n^(2/d-o(1)); the matching n^(2/d) lattice upper bound is already known.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

open Filter

/-!
# Erdős problem 1083

For fixed `d ≥ 3`, must every `n`-point subset of `ℝ^d` determine
`n^(2/d-o(1))` distinct distances?
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos1083DistinctDistances

abbrev Space (d : ℕ) := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d)

noncomputable def distanceCount {d : ℕ} (P : Finset (Space d)) : ℕ :=
  (((P ×ˢ P).filter fun q => q.1 ≠ q.2).image fun q => dist q.1 q.2).card

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ d : ℕ, 3 ≤ d →
    ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
      ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
        ∀ P : Finset (Space d), P.card = n →
          (n : ℝ) ^ ((2 : ℝ) / d - ε) ≤ distanceCount P

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1083DistinctDistances
```

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