# Jig #310: Open

> Do consecutive LCM windows in every increasing sequence have subpower counting growth?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/310
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 873 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/873)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:20:16.489Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:55:37.611Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:55:45.706Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. For every positive strictly increasing sequence and every positive natural threshold N, fewer than N one-term…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/310?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/35bbc2ac-1844-4af4-a9c6-09988ecc4aee (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32829188517, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:55:37.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For every positive strictly increasing sequence and every positive natural threshold N, fewer than N one-term windows have LCM below N.**

**Scope.**

Exact k=1 counting bound at all positive natural thresholds; uses ENat encard, matching the root counting semantics.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker09Upper.lean: Submissions.Erdos873OneWindowNaturalThreshold.Worker09Upper.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.GCDMonoid.Finset
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Set.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos873OneWindowNaturalThreshold.Worker09Upper

def blockLCM (a : ℕ → ℕ) (i k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  (Finset.range k).lcm (fun j => a (i + j))

noncomputable def windowCount (a : ℕ → ℕ) (X : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  {i : ℕ | (blockLCM a i k : ℝ) < X}.encard

theorem proof :
    ∀ a : ℕ → ℕ, 0 < a 0 → StrictMono a →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/35bbc2ac-1844-4af4-a9c6-09988ecc4aee/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.GCDMonoid.Finset
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.ENat.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos873OneWindowNaturalThreshold

def blockLCM (a : ℕ → ℕ) (i k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  (Finset.range k).lcm (fun j => a (i + j))

noncomputable def windowCount (a : ℕ → ℕ) (X : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  {i : ℕ | (blockLCM a i k : ℝ) < X}.encard

/-- A one-term window in a positive strictly increasing sequence has fewer
than `N` starts below every positive natural threshold `N`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ a : ℕ → ℕ, 0 < a 0 → StrictMono a →
    ∀ N : ℕ, 0 < N → windowCount a (N : ℝ) 1 < (N : ℕ∞)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos873OneWindowNaturalThreshold
```

### 2. For window length zero and threshold two, every start index is counted, so the extended count is infinite.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/310?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a7c49de5-110e-4943-b422-ca85cf587315 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32826155788, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:20:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For window length zero and threshold two, every start index is counted, so the extended count is infinite.**

**Scope.**

All natural sequences a; the exact root block-LCM and extended-cardinality definitions at k=0 and X=2.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker09Upper.lean: Submissions.Erdos873ZeroWindowInfinite.Worker09Upper.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.GCDMonoid.Finset
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Submissions.Erdos873ZeroWindowInfinite.Worker09Upper

def blockLCM (a : ℕ → ℕ) (i k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  (Finset.range k).lcm (fun j => a (i + j))

noncomputable def windowCount (a : ℕ → ℕ) (X : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  {i : ℕ | (blockLCM a i k : ℝ) < X}.encard

theorem proof : ∀ a : ℕ → ℕ, windowCount a 2 0 = ⊤ := by
  intro a
  simp [windowCount, blockLCM]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a7c49de5-110e-4943-b422-ca85cf587315/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.GCDMonoid.Finset
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos873ZeroWindowInfinite

def blockLCM (a : ℕ → ℕ) (i k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  (Finset.range k).lcm (fun j => a (i + j))

noncomputable def windowCount (a : ℕ → ℕ) (X : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  {i : ℕ | (blockLCM a i k : ℝ) < X}.encard

/-- Empty LCM windows have value one, so at threshold two every index is
counted and the extended count is infinite. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ a : ℕ → ℕ, windowCount a 2 0 = ⊤

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos873ZeroWindowInfinite
```

### 1. For every strictly increasing positive sequence of natural numbers and every positive epsilon, some fixed win…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/310?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:20:16.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every strictly increasing positive sequence of natural numbers and every positive epsilon, some fixed window length makes the number of consecutive blocks with LCM below X less than X to the epsilon for every positive X.**

The first draft used Set.ncard and was rejected locally because k=0 would turn an infinite count into zero. The final root uses encard/ℕ∞ exactly to close that exploit. Independent transcription is definitionally equal; seven malformed probes fail; k=0 is witnessed to give infinite count at X=2.

**Scope.**

All strictly increasing a:ℕ→ℕ with a(0)>0; every real epsilon>0; one natural window length k independent of X; extended-natural cardinality counts all start indices and prevents infinite sets from collapsing to zero.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.GCDMonoid.Finset
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos873LCMWindowSubpower

def blockLCM (a : ℕ → ℕ) (i k : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  (Finset.range k).lcm (fun j => a (i + j))

noncomputable def windowCount (a : ℕ → ℕ) (X : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ℕ∞ :=
  {i : ℕ | (blockLCM a i k : ℝ) < X}.encard

/-- Erdős Problem 873: consecutive LCM windows in every increasing positive
sequence have counting function below every positive power. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ a : ℕ → ℕ, 0 < a 0 → StrictMono a →
    ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε → ∃ k : ℕ, ∀ X : ℝ, 0 < X →
      windowCount a X k < (X ^ ε).toEReal

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos873LCMWindowSubpower
```

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