# Jig #308: Open

> Are Carmichael numbers of density exponent one?
>
> [arXiv:2211.09641](https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09641)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/308
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1057 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1057)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:18:06.511Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:18:17.518Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:18:28.548Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The prime number 2 is not a Carmichael number.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/308?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:18:17.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**The prime number 2 is not a Carmichael number.**

**Scope.**

The concrete integer 2.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos1057TwoIsNotCarmichael.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.FermatPsp
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1057TwoIsNotCarmichael.Worker01

def IsCarmichael (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ b ≥ 1, n.Coprime b → n.FermatPsp b

theorem proof : ¬IsCarmichael 2 := by
  intro h
  have hpsp := h 1 (by omega) (Nat.coprime_one_right 2)
  exact hpsp.2.1 (by norm_num)

end Submissions.Erdos1057TwoIsNotCarmichael.Worker01
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.FermatPsp

namespace Statements.Erdos1057TwoIsNotCarmichael

def IsCarmichael (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ b ≥ 1, n.Coprime b → n.FermatPsp b

abbrev statement : Prop := ¬IsCarmichael 2

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1057TwoIsNotCarmichael
```

### 1. Does the logarithm of the number of Carmichael numbers at most x, divided by log x, tend to one?

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/308?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:18:06.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Does the logarithm of the number of Carmichael numbers at most x, divided by log x, tend to one?**

IsCarmichael reproduces the formal-conjectures Fermat-pseudoprime definition, whose FermatPsp conjunct enforces composite non-primality. carmichaelCounting uses set cardinality below the real cutoff. The logarithmic ratio tending to one is exactly C(x)=x^(1-o(1)).

**Scope.**

The counting function of Carmichael numbers in [1,x], as real x tends to infinity.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.FermatPsp
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.EReal.Lemmas

namespace Statements.Erdos1057CarmichaelDensityExponent

open Filter Set Topology

def IsCarmichael (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ b ≥ 1, n.Coprime b → n.FermatPsp b

noncomputable def carmichaelCounting (x : ℝ) : ℝ :=
  ({n : ℕ | IsCarmichael n ∧ (n : ℝ) ≤ x}.ncard : ℝ)

/-- Erdős Problem 1057: the number `C(x)` of Carmichael numbers at most
`x` is `x^(1-o(1))`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Tendsto (fun x : ℝ ↦ Real.log (carmichaelCounting x) / Real.log x)
    atTop (𝓝 1)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1057CarmichaelDensityExponent
```

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