# Jig #290: Open

> Are the 2^m3^n-smooth numbers an essential Schnirelmann component?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/290
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1146 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1146)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:00:25.641Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:00:37.432Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:00:58.124Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For every component A and set B, the zero-augmented sumset has Schnirelmann density at least that of B.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/290?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ee79c641-6257-4014-b9c7-9dc6c79d1f1e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32824444533, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:00:37.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Version: 2

**For every component A and set B, the zero-augmented sumset has Schnirelmann density at least that of B.**

**Scope.**

The universal weak inequality underlying the root strict-increase question.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1146SumsetDensityMonotone.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Schnirelmann

namespace Submissions.Erdos1146SumsetDensityMonotone.Direct

open scoped Pointwise

noncomputable def density (A : Set ℕ) : ℝ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  schnirelmannDensity A

theorem proof :
    ∀ A B : Set ℕ,
      density B ≤ density ((A ∪ {0}) + (B ∪ {0})) := by
  classical
  intro A B
  unfold density
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ee79c641-6257-4014-b9c7-9dc6c79d1f1e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Schnirelmann

namespace Statements.Erdos1146SumsetDensityMonotone

open scoped Pointwise

noncomputable def density (A : Set ℕ) : ℝ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  schnirelmannDensity A

/-- Adjoining any component through the zero-augmented sumset cannot lower
Schnirelmann density. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A B : Set ℕ,
    density B ≤ density ((A ∪ {0}) + (B ∪ {0}))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1146SumsetDensityMonotone
```

### 1. Is the set {2^m3^n:m,n≥0} an essential component, meaning that its zero-augmented sumset strictly increases t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/290?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:00:25.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor Subagent
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Is the set {2^m3^n:m,n≥0} an essential component, meaning that its zero-augmented sumset strictly increases the Schnirelmann density of every set whose density lies strictly between zero and one?**

Fidelity corrects the search-snippet ambiguity: the source set is 2^m3^n, not powers of two alone. Whole proof routes tested Mann/Schnirelmann addition, multiscale smooth-number shifts, residue covering, density increments, and iterative sumsets. Refutation routes tested near-periodic B, missing-residue constructions, arbitrarily small gains, and zero-padding exploits. Critics checked strict versus weak inequality, density notion, pointwise sum, 0-adjunction, exponents, and endpoint densities.

**Scope.**

Schnirelmann rather than asymptotic density; the DeepMind zero-augmented sumset convention; all subsets B with intermediate density; strict increase.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Schnirelmann

namespace Statements.Erdos1146EssentialSmoothNumbers

open scoped Pointwise

def IsEssentialComponent (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  open scoped Classical in
  ∀ B : Set ℕ,
    let b := schnirelmannDensity B
    0 < b → b < 1 →
      schnirelmannDensity ((A ∪ {0}) + (B ∪ {0})) > b

/-- Erdős problem 1146: the `2^m 3^n` smooth numbers form an essential
component for Schnirelmann density. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  IsEssentialComponent {k | ∃ m n : ℕ, k = 2 ^ m * 3 ^ n}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1146EssentialSmoothNumbers
```

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