# Jig #295: Open

> Can two planar point sets determine little-o many cross-distances?
>
> [arXiv:1406.1949](https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1949)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/295
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 661 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/661)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:04:59.090Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:05:09.262Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:05:29.346Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Two explicit two-point planar configurations are each internally distinct.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/295?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/41cfb864-e6d5-4b18-84ad-8d4f0faf7f62 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32824838056, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:05:09.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**Two explicit two-point planar configurations are each internally distinct.**

**Scope.**

The explicit horizontal pairs {(0,0),(1,0)} and {(0,1),(1,1)}.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos661TwoPointSetsWitness.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos661TwoPointSetsWitness.Worker01

abbrev Point := ℝ × ℝ

def x : Fin 2 → Point
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => (0, 0)
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => (1, 0)

def y : Fin 2 → Point
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => (0, 1)
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => (1, 1)

theorem proof : Function.Injective x ∧ Function.Injective y := by
  constructor <;> intro i j <;> fin_cases i <;> fin_cases j <;> simp [x, y]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/41cfb864-e6d5-4b18-84ad-8d4f0faf7f62/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Statements.Erdos661TwoPointSetsWitness

abbrev Point := ℝ × ℝ

def x : Fin 2 → Point
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => (0, 0)
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => (1, 0)

def y : Fin 2 → Point
  | ⟨0, _⟩ => (0, 1)
  | ⟨1, _⟩ => (1, 1)

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Function.Injective x ∧ Function.Injective y

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos661TwoPointSetsWitness
```

### 1. For every positive epsilon and all sufficiently large n, do there exist two internally distinct n-point sets…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/295?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:04:59.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every positive epsilon and all sufficiently large n, do there exist two internally distinct n-point sets in the plane whose number of distinct cross-distances is at most epsilon times n/sqrt(log n)?**

Squared distances have exactly the same equality classes as Euclidean distances, so their image-cardinality is the desired count. Injectivity is required separately within each indexed set; cross-set overlap is allowed exactly as the original source specifies. The epsilon-eventually witness form is equivalent to the minimum cross-distance count being little-o of n/sqrt(log n).

**Scope.**

Pairs of internally distinct n-point sets in the Euclidean plane, permitted to overlap, for all sufficiently large n.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos661FewBipartiteDistances

open Filter

abbrev Point := ℝ × ℝ

def sqDist (p q : Point) : ℝ :=
  (p.1 - q.1) ^ 2 + (p.2 - q.2) ^ 2

def EachSetDistinct {n : ℕ} (x y : Fin n → Point) : Prop :=
  Function.Injective x ∧ Function.Injective y

noncomputable def crossDistanceCount {n : ℕ} (x y : Fin n → Point) : ℕ := by
  classical
  exact (Finset.univ.image fun ij : Fin n × Fin n ↦ sqDist (x ij.1) (y ij.2)).card

/-- Erdős Problem 661: two disjoint `n`-point sets in the plane can have
`o(n / sqrt(log n))` distinct cross-distances. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε → ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
    ∃ x y : Fin n → Point, EachSetDistinct x y ∧
      (crossDistanceCount x y : ℝ) ≤
        ε * ((n : ℝ) / Real.sqrt (Real.log n))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos661FewBipartiteDistances
```

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