# Jig #325: Open

> Is the binary Euler-totient series irrational?
>
> [arXiv:2409.15185](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.15185)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/325
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 249 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/249)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:36:07.677Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:36:31.135Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T09:01:13.897Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The explicit real series phi(n)/2^n is absolutely summable, and the n=0 term introduced by natural indexing e…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/325?s=2
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6e2bb7ca-406f-4c91-94d7-0af9e1db5e61 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32827542996, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:36:31.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The explicit real series phi(n)/2^n is absolutely summable, and the n=0 term introduced by natural indexing equals zero.**

Kernel-checkable source-fidelity boundary. Totient(n)≤n and summability of n(1/2)^n prove absolute convergence; Nat.totient_zero proves the n=0 term vanishes.

**Scope.**

All natural indices in the exact root summand; convergence in the real normed additive group and the zero-index boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker09Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos249SeriesConvergenceBoundary.Worker09Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos249SeriesConvergenceBoundary.Worker09Direct

noncomputable def term (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  (Nat.totient n : ℝ) / (2 : ℝ) ^ n

theorem proof : Summable term ∧ term 0 = 0 := by
  constructor
  · have hmajor :
        Summable (fun n : ℕ =>
          ‖((n : ℝ) ^ 1 * (1 / 2 : ℝ) ^ n : ℝ)‖) :=
      summable_norm_pow_mul_geometric_of_norm_lt_one 1 (by norm_num)
    have hmajor' :
        Summable (fun n : ℕ => (n : ℝ) / (2 : ℝ) ^ n) := by
      simpa [div_eq_mul_inv, ← inv_pow] using hmajor
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/6e2bb7ca-406f-4c91-94d7-0af9e1db5e61/source
```

- 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.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Pseudo.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos249SeriesConvergenceBoundary

noncomputable def term (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  (Nat.totient n : ℝ) / (2 : ℝ) ^ n

/-- The explicit real-valued totient series is absolutely summable,
and its added natural-number index zero contributes nothing. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Summable term ∧ term 0 = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos249SeriesConvergenceBoundary
```

### 1. The convergent real series sum over n≥1 of Euler's totient phi(n) divided by 2^n is irrational.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/325?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:36:07.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**The convergent real series sum over n≥1 of Euler's totient phi(n) divided by 2^n is irrational.**

Every arithmetic coercion is explicit: Nat.totient n is cast to ℝ and divided by the real power (2:ℝ)^n. A separate kernel proof establishes absolute summability and phi(0)=0. Independent multiplication-by-(1/2)^n transcription is definitionally equivalent.

**Scope.**

The single real number at base 2; natural-number indexing is harmless because phi(0)=0; numerator and denominator are explicitly cast to reals before division.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Real.Irrational
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos249TotientSeriesIrrational

noncomputable def totientSeries : ℝ :=
  ∑' n : ℕ, (Nat.totient n : ℝ) / (2 : ℝ) ^ n

/-- Erdős Problem 249: the binary Euler-totient series is irrational. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Irrational totientSeries

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos249TotientSeriesIrrational
```

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