# Jig #324: Open

> Do Euler-totient fibers attain every exponent below one infinitely often?
>
> [arXiv:2211.09641](https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09641)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/324
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 821 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/821)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:35:20.141Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:35:42.377Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:35:55.247Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Every Euler-totient fiber cardinality is nonnegative after casting to the reals.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/324?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/a4f9ec22-b11d-4cec-b35f-d060f61a7149 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32827451650, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:35:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Every Euler-totient fiber cardinality is nonnegative after casting to the reals.**

**Scope.**

All natural output values n under the root totient-fiber counting definition.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos821TotientFiberNonnegative.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Submissions.Erdos821TotientFiberNonnegative.Direct

noncomputable def totientFiberCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  {m : ℕ | Nat.totient m = n}.ncard

theorem proof :
    ∀ n : ℕ, 0 ≤ (totientFiberCount n : ℝ) := by
  intro n
  exact_mod_cast Nat.zero_le (totientFiberCount n)

end Submissions.Erdos821TotientFiberNonnegative.Direct
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos821TotientFiberNonnegative

noncomputable def totientFiberCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  {m : ℕ | Nat.totient m = n}.ncard

/-- Every totient-fiber cardinal, cast to the reals, is nonnegative. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, 0 ≤ (totientFiberCount n : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos821TotientFiberNonnegative
```

### 1. For every positive epsilon, infinitely many Euler-totient values n have more than n^(1-epsilon) preimages.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/324?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:35:20.000Z 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, infinitely many Euler-totient values n have more than n^(1-epsilon) preimages.**

The affirmative proposition is posed because the current source explicitly calls it a conjecture; known positive exponents are retained as prior art, not folded into the root.

**Scope.**

All positive real epsilon and natural-number fibers of Euler totient, with infinitude in the output value n.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos821LargeTotientFibers

/-- The number of natural numbers with Euler totient equal to `n`. -/
noncomputable def totientFiberCount (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  {m : ℕ | Nat.totient m = n}.ncard

/-- Erdős Problem 821: totient fibers attain exponent arbitrarily close to one
infinitely often. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε > (0 : ℝ),
    Set.Infinite
      {n : ℕ |
        (totientFiberCount n : ℝ) > (n : ℝ) ^ (1 - ε)}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos821LargeTotientFibers
```

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