# Jig #328: Open

> Do near-linear intervals uniformly contain distinct prescribed multiples?
>
> [arXiv:2601.16972](https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16972)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/328
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 711 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/711)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T08:38:58.876Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T08:39:17.395Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T08:39:39.745Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The empty family of prescribed divisors has distinct representatives in an interval of length zero, for every…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/328?s=2
- Status: open
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b95f91ca-0d35-4d05-9277-41c67d4efd88 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32827773228
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:39:17.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The empty family of prescribed divisors has distinct representatives in an interval of length zero, for every left endpoint.**

A kernel-only boundary check of injectivity and the dependent finite indexing.

**Scope.**

The n=0 boundary of the root's injective distinct-multiples predicate.

**Artifacts.**

- Elim.lean: Submissions.Erdos711EmptyFamilyBoundary.Elim.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos711EmptyFamilyBoundary.Elim

def HasDistinctMultiples (n m L : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ a : Fin n → ℕ, Function.Injective a ∧
    ∀ k : Fin n,
      m < a k ∧ a k ≤ m + L ∧ (k.val + 1) ∣ a k

theorem proof :
    ∀ m : ℕ, HasDistinctMultiples 0 m 0 := by
  intro m
  refine ⟨fun k => Fin.elim0 k, ?_, ?_⟩
  · intro i
    exact Fin.elim0 i
  · intro i
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b95f91ca-0d35-4d05-9277-41c67d4efd88/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos711EmptyFamilyBoundary

def HasDistinctMultiples (n m L : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ a : Fin n → ℕ, Function.Injective a ∧
    ∀ k : Fin n,
      m < a k ∧ a k ≤ m + L ∧ (k.val + 1) ∣ a k

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ m : ℕ, HasDistinctMultiples 0 m 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos711EmptyFamilyBoundary
```

### 1. For every positive epsilon and all sufficiently large n, does every interval start m admit some length at mos…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/328?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T08:38:58.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every positive epsilon and all sufficiently large n, does every interval start m admit some length at most n^(1+epsilon) whose right-closed interval contains distinct multiples of each integer from 1 through n?**

The primary paper uses the right-closed interval (m,m+f(n,m)], which the verifier preserves. The epsilon formulation is the standard uniform meaning of max_m f(n,m) <= n^(1+o(1)); it does not re-pose the now-settled difference conjecture.

**Scope.**

Uniformly over all natural left endpoints m; distinct natural representatives indexed by 1,...,n; interval (m,m+L]; every fixed positive epsilon.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real

/-!
# Erdős problem 711

Uniformly in the left endpoint `m`, can an interval of length
`n^(1+ε)` contain distinct representatives divisible by `1, ..., n`?
-/

namespace Statements.Erdos711UniformDistinctMultiples

def HasDistinctMultiples (n m L : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∃ a : Fin n → ℕ, Function.Injective a ∧
    ∀ k : Fin n,
      m < a k ∧ a k ≤ m + L ∧ (k.val + 1) ∣ a k

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
    ∃ N : ℕ, ∀ n : ℕ, N ≤ n →
      ∀ m : ℕ, ∃ L : ℕ,
        HasDistinctMultiples n m L ∧
          (L : ℝ) ≤ Real.rpow n (1 + ε)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos711UniformDistinctMultiples
```

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