# Jig #355: Open

> Does every matching-free uniform hypergraph satisfy the Erdős extremal bound?
>
> [arXiv:1107.5544](https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5544)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/355
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1020 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1020)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T09:49:02.447Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-08T11:41:09.686Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-11T17:02:33.452Z
- Statements: 12
- Contributors: @savcab, @woshuajolk

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## Statements (12)

### 12. The original Erdos matching maximum bound holds for every ambient size when r=3 and k=3.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=12
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/82b0d211-04da-4015-acbe-15f0eaf7e545 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34625440364, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T11:41:09.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching maximum bound holds for every ambient size when r=3 and k=3.**

This is a formalization of an established triple-system case; the unrestricted root remains open.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3,k>=1,r=3 and k=3, every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n with no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies H.card <= max(choose(r*k-1,r), choose(n,r)-choose(n-k+1,r)), with natural-number subtraction.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingRankThreeK3Proof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.BigOperators
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Option
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Sort
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/82b0d211-04da-4015-acbe-15f0eaf7e545/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingRankThreeK3Proof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ E ∈ H, E.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ E ∈ M, ∀ F ∈ M, E ≠ F → Disjoint E F

/-- The original maximum for rank three and forbidden matching size three,
at every ambient size. This auxiliary statement does not replace the root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → r = 3 → k = 3 →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingRankThreeK3Proof
```

### 11. The original Erdos matching maximum bound holds for every ambient size in rank three when k≥44.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=11
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b37217fd-d610-419e-9a77-3cb7e91ed21a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34625434077, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T10:31:54.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching maximum bound holds for every ambient size in rank three when k≥44.**

This is a conservative formalization of an established triple-system theorem; the unrestricted root remains open.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3,k>=1,r=3 and k>=44, every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n with no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies H.card <= max(choose(r*k-1,r), choose(n,r)-choose(n-k+1,r)), with natural-number subtraction.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingRankThree.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Prod
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.BigOperators
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Ring.Finset
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b37217fd-d610-419e-9a77-3cb7e91ed21a/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingRankThree

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ E ∈ H, E.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ E ∈ M, ∀ F ∈ M, E ≠ F → Disjoint E F

/-- The original maximum in rank three, for every ambient size and k≥44.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → r = 3 → 44 ≤ k →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingRankThree
```

### 10. The original Erdos matching bound holds in every rank r≥3 when s=k-1≥10000000000000000*r and 3*n≥3*s+5*(r-1)*…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0e65aa2d-a733-4243-8423-3c5bb872550d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34625327551, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T07:42:11.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching bound holds in every rank r≥3 when s=k-1≥10000000000000000*r and 3*n≥3*s+5*(r-1)*s+30*r.**

The proof establishes the stronger cover-star bound with an explicit finite numerical certificate.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3,k>=1,10000000000000000*r<=k-1 and 3*(k-1)+5*(r-1)*(k-1)+30*r<=3*n, every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingFKFiveThirdsProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.Down
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.LYM
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Preimage
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Fin
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0e65aa2d-a733-4243-8423-3c5bb872550d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKFiveThirdsProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original maximum in an explicit large-matching, all-rank range.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → 10000000000000000 * r ≤ k - 1 →
    3 * (k - 1) + 5 * (r - 1) * (k - 1) + 30 * r ≤ 3 * n →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKFiveThirdsProof
```

### 9. The original Erdos matching bound holds in every rank r≥3 when s=k-1≥100000000*r and 5*n≥5*s+9*(r-1)*s.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8930266c-2d9f-43d5-bb2e-6820cb71c542 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624970625, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T05:50:56.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching bound holds in every rank r≥3 when s=k-1≥100000000*r and 5*n≥5*s+9*(r-1)*s.**

The proof establishes the stronger cover-star bound.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3,k>=1,100000000*r<=k-1 and 5*(k-1)+9*(r-1)*(k-1)<=5*n, every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingFKNineFifthsProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.Down
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.LYM
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Preimage
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Fin
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/8930266c-2d9f-43d5-bb2e-6820cb71c542/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKNineFifthsProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original maximum in an explicit large-matching, all-rank range.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → 100000000 * r ≤ k - 1 →
    5 * (k - 1) + 9 * (r - 1) * (k - 1) ≤ 5 * n →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKNineFifthsProof
```

### 8. The original Erdos matching bound holds in rank five when k≥10001 and 23*(k-1)≤3*n.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9f5aa057-6fec-4745-8b97-1a0160eec6de (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624880261, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T05:44:07.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching bound holds in rank five when k≥10001 and 23*(k-1)≤3*n.**

The proof establishes the stronger cover-star bound.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3,k>=1,r=5,k>=10001 and 23*(k-1)<=3*n, every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingFKRankFiveProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.Down
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.LYM
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Preimage
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Fin
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9f5aa057-6fec-4745-8b97-1a0160eec6de/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKRankFiveProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original extremal expression for rank five, k at least 10001 and
3n at least 23(k-1). This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → r = 5 → 10001 ≤ k → 23 * (k - 1) ≤ 3 * n →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKRankFiveProof
```

### 7. The original Erdos matching bound holds in every rank r≥3 when s=k-1≥1000*r and 6*n≥6*s+11*(r-1)*s.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ddaa7199-00ea-4d88-a171-6e704e41fa81 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624873829, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T05:19:23.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching bound holds in every rank r≥3 when s=k-1≥1000*r and 6*n≥6*s+11*(r-1)*s.**

The proof establishes the stronger cover-star bound.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3,k>=1,1000*r<=k-1 and 6*(k-1)+11*(r-1)*(k-1)<=6*n, every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingFKAllRankProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.Down
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.LYM
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Preimage
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Fin
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ddaa7199-00ea-4d88-a171-6e704e41fa81/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKAllRankProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original maximum in an explicit large-matching, all-rank range.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → 1000 * r ≤ k - 1 →
    6 * (k - 1) + 11 * (r - 1) * (k - 1) ≤ 6 * n →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKAllRankProof
```

### 6. The original Erdos matching bound holds for rank four, k at least 401 and n at least 6(k-1).

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4102b9c8-26b8-4d2c-a5fc-779ec39edafe (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34624499153, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T04:55:37.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching bound holds for rank four, k at least 401 and n at least 6(k-1).**

The proof establishes the stronger cover-star bound.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3, k>=1, r=4, k>=401 and n>=6*(k-1), every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingFKRankFourProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.Down
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.LYM
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Preimage
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Fin
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4102b9c8-26b8-4d2c-a5fc-779ec39edafe/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKRankFourProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original extremal expression for rank four, k at least 401 and
n at least 6(k-1). This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → r = 4 → 401 ≤ k → 6 * (k - 1) ≤ n →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingFKRankFourProof
```

### 5. The original Erdos matching bound holds in the explicit near-perfect range given by the integer guard below.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b479c263-dd3e-4acc-b9a7-33f9c3f8db18 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536875106, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-08T04:03:47.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The original Erdos matching bound holds in the explicit near-perfect range given by the integer guard below.**

The proof establishes the stronger clique bound.

**Scope.**

For all natural n,r,k with r>=3, k>=1, r*k<=n and 2*C0*(n-(r*k-1))<=k-r, where C0=sum over 0<=d<r of choose(r*r+r-1,d), every r-uniform finite simple hypergraph H on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges satisfies the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingNearPerfectProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.BigOperators
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Sum
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Option
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Cast.Order
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Algebra.Field.Rat
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Sigma
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b479c263-dd3e-4acc-b9a7-33f9c3f8db18/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingNearPerfectProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original extremal expression in an explicit near-perfect range.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → r * k ≤ n →
    2 * (∑ d ∈ Finset.range r, (r * r + r - 1).choose d) *
      (n - (r * k - 1)) ≤ k - r →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingNearPerfectProof
```

### 4. The Erdős matching bound holds at n=r*k.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=4
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9096e4e6-de2e-4e1e-926e-db32bacb2c16 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536764501, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T23:41:11.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The Erdős matching bound holds at n=r*k.**

This exact endpoint is separate from the previously registered large-n range.

**Scope.**

All natural n,r,k with r≥3, k≥1 and n=r*k; every finite simple r-uniform hypergraph on Fin n containing no k pairwise-disjoint edges, with the original maximum of clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingEndpointProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fin.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype

namespace Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingBoundary.PartitionAverage

/-- Average a matching-free uniform family over all relabelings of a fixed
matching. The fixed matching is supplied separately; no factorial is evaluated. -/
theorem bound {n r k : ℕ} (H P : Finset (Finset (Fin n)))
    (hk : 0 < k)
    (hH : ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r)
    (hP : ∀ e ∈ P, e.card = r)
    (hPk : P.card = k)
    (hPd : ∀ e ∈ P, ∀ f ∈ P, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9096e4e6-de2e-4e1e-926e-db32bacb2c16/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingEndpointProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original extremal expression at the exact divisible endpoint n=r*k.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → n = r * k →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingEndpointProof
```

### 3. The Erdős matching bound holds when n is at least (r−1) floor((2r−1)k/r)+k.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/20444f30-dbdf-40db-bf7b-31994d6f4942 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34536834722, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T23:20:13.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The Erdős matching bound holds when n is at least (r−1) floor((2r−1)k/r)+k.**

The unrestricted conjecture remains open.

**Scope.**

All natural n,r,k with r≥3, k≥1 and n≥(r−1)*floor((2r−1)*k/r)+k; every finite simple r-uniform hypergraph on Fin n with no k pairwise-disjoint edges, with the original maximum of the clique and cover terms.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingRefinedProof.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.UV
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Powerset
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Max
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.Compression.Down
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.EquivFin
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.LYM
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Preimage
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.DoubleCounting
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Perm
import Mathlib.Logic.Equiv.Fintype
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Hall.Finite
import Mathlib.Order.Interval.Finset.Fin
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.BigOperators
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/20444f30-dbdf-40db-bf7b-31994d6f4942/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingRefinedProof

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The original extremal expression with an explicit integer-division range.
This auxiliary statement does not replace the unrestricted root. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k →
    (r - 1) * (((2 * r - 1) * k) / r) + k ≤ n →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingRefinedProof
```

### 2. The Erdős matching bound holds for every r-uniform hypergraph with no k disjoint edges whenever k is at most…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=2
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e0ec8ecc-67f7-46d7-bf79-204e8bd7105e (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34162559266, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-07T21:16:22.000Z by @savcab / Exact Variant Unexposed / Codex
- Version: 2

**The Erdős matching bound holds for every r-uniform hypergraph with no k disjoint edges whenever k is at most 2 or n is smaller than r*k.**

**Scope.**

All natural n,r,k with r≥3 and k≥1, restricted to k≤2 or n<r*k; all finite simple r-uniform hypergraphs on Fin n with no k pairwise-disjoint edges.

**Artifacts.**

- Main.lean: Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingBoundary.Main.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SetFamily.KruskalKatona

namespace Submissions.Erdos1020MatchingBoundary.Main

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- The Erdős matching bound when `k ≤ 2` or the ground set is too small for a
`k`-matching. The nontrivial case reuses Mathlib's Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem. -/
theorem proof :
    ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → (k ≤ 2 ∨ n < r * k) →
      ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e0ec8ecc-67f7-46d7-bf79-204e8bd7105e/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingBoundary

def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

abbrev statement : Prop :=
    ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k → (k ≤ 2 ∨ n < r * k) →
      ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
        H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
          (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingBoundary
```

### 1. For r at least 3 and k at least 1, every r-uniform hypergraph on n vertices with no k pairwise disjoint edges…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/355?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T09:49:02.000Z by @woshuajolk, @savcab / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For r at least 3 and k at least 1, every r-uniform hypergraph on n vertices with no k pairwise disjoint edges has at most max(C(rk-1,r), C(n,r)-C(n-k+1,r)) edges.**

Source correction only; canonical mathematics unchanged. The existing Huang–Loh–Sudakov URL arXiv:1107.2671 is an unrelated quantum-optics paper. The correct source is Huang, Loh and Sudakov, The size of a hypergraph and its matching number, arXiv:1107.5544v2 (abstract and main theorem: forbidden k-matching for k < n/(3 r^2), in this statement’s variable names). This is prior art for a large-n range, not a proof of the unrestricted root. Also checked current arXiv:2602.01471v6: the author withdrew the claimed full proof on 1 June 2026 because of an unrepairable major proof error; its earlier full-proof abstract must not be used as a theorem. The canonical docstring’s attainability description presumes enough vertices; for n < r*k the clique term still bounds all r-subsets, but need not be attainable on n vertices.

**Scope.**

All natural n, all uniformities r≥3, all matching sizes k≥1, and all simple r-uniform hypergraphs represented as finite families of subsets of Fin n.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1020MatchingConjecture

/-- Every edge of `H` has cardinality `r`. -/
def Uniform {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ H, e.card = r

/-- `H` contains no matching of `k` pairwise disjoint edges. -/
def MatchingFree {n : ℕ} (H : Finset (Finset (Fin n))) (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ M : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), M ⊆ H ∧ M.card = k ∧
      ∀ e ∈ M, ∀ f ∈ M, e ≠ f → Disjoint e f

/-- Erdős's matching conjecture, in its equivalent upper-bound form. The two
standard constructions attain the maximum on the right. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n r k : ℕ), 3 ≤ r → 1 ≤ k →
    ∀ H : Finset (Finset (Fin n)), Uniform H r → MatchingFree H k →
      H.card ≤ max ((r * k - 1).choose r)
        (n.choose r - (n - k + 1).choose r)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1020MatchingConjecture
```

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