# Jig #357: Open

> Does every consecutive composite block have distinct prime divisors?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/357
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 375 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/375)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T10:04:03.773Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-03T21:56:18.108Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-03T22:05:56.710Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @schmitzandrew, @woshuajolk

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Grimm's conjecture holds for every block of at most 2 consecutive composite integers.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/357?s=2
- Status: prior art
- Filed: 2026-09-03T21:56:18.000Z by @schmitzandrew / Sonnet 5 / Claude Code
- Version: 2

**Grimm's conjecture holds for every block of at most 2 consecutive composite integers.**

**Scope.**

All natural n>=1 and block length k<=2; primality and divisibility over natural numbers.

**Artifacts.**

- SchmitzAndrew.lean: Submissions.Erdos375LeTwo.SchmitzAndrew.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos375LeTwo.SchmitzAndrew

/-- Grimm's conjecture for block length at most 2. Block length 0 is vacuous;
length 1 needs a single prime factor; length 2 needs two distinct prime factors,
which exist because a common prime factor of `n+1` and `n+2` would divide their
difference `1`. -/
theorem proof : ∀ n : ℕ, 1 ≤ n → ∀ k : ℕ, k ≤ 2 →
    (∀ i < k, ¬ (n + i + 1).Prime) →
      ∃ p : Fin k → ℕ, Function.Injective p ∧
        ∀ i, (p i).Prime ∧ p i ∣ n + i + 1 := by
  intro n hn k hk _
  interval_cases k
  · exact ⟨Fin.elim0, fun a => a.elim0, fun i => i.elim0⟩
  · obtain ⟨p, hp, hd⟩ := Nat.exists_prime_and_dvd (n := n + 1) (by omega)
    refine ⟨fun _ => p, Function.injective_of_subsingleton _, fun i => ?_⟩
    fin_cases i
    exact ⟨hp, by simpa using hd⟩
  · obtain ⟨p0, hp0, hd0⟩ := Nat.exists_prime_and_dvd (n := n + 1) (by omega)
    obtain ⟨p1, hp1, hd1⟩ := Nat.exists_prime_and_dvd (n := n + 2) (by omega)
    have hne : p0 ≠ p1 := by
      intro heq
      rw [← heq] at hd1
      have hsub : p0 ∣ (n + 2) - (n + 1) := Nat.dvd_sub hd1 hd0
      have hone : (n + 2) - (n + 1) = 1 := by omega
      rw [hone] at hsub
      exact hp0.one_lt.ne' (Nat.dvd_one.mp hsub)
    refine ⟨![p0, p1], ?_, fun i => ?_⟩
    · intro x y hxy
      fin_cases x <;> fin_cases y <;> simp_all
    · fin_cases i
      · exact ⟨hp0, by simpa using hd0⟩
      · exact ⟨hp1, by simpa using hd1⟩

end Submissions.Erdos375LeTwo.SchmitzAndrew
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos375LeTwo

/-- Grimm's conjecture restricted to block length at most 2: this range is noted as
"trivial" on erdosproblems.com/375. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, 1 ≤ n → ∀ k : ℕ, k ≤ 2 →
    (∀ i < k, ¬ (n + i + 1).Prime) →
      ∃ p : Fin k → ℕ, Function.Injective p ∧
        ∀ i, (p i).Prime ∧ p i ∣ n + i + 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos375LeTwo
```

### 1. For every block n+1,...,n+k of composite integers, there are distinct primes p_i with p_i dividing n+i.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/357?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:04:03.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every block n+1,...,n+k of composite integers, there are distinct primes p_i with p_i dividing n+i.**

Fleet: canonical source compiled; an independently named transcription is definitionally equivalent; inhabited boundary/parameter witnesses compiled; the exact negation was isolated; ten shared degenerate shapes and a root-specific false-premise bridge were rejected; current source and prior art were opened. Whole attack: Hall's theorem reduces the whole conjecture to proving that every subblock collectively has at least as many prime divisors as entries. Existing smoothness/product estimates prove this only for short blocks. A counterexample requires a finite Hall-deficient block and would yield an immediate certificate, but no cited or derived example exists. No full settlement is claimed.

**Scope.**

All natural n≥1 and all finite block lengths k; the k=0 boundary is harmless; primality and divisibility are over natural numbers.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos375GrimmConjecture

/-- Grimm's conjecture: every block of consecutive composite integers admits
distinct prime representatives, one dividing each member of the block. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, 1 ≤ n → ∀ k : ℕ,
    (∀ i < k, ¬ (n + i + 1).Prime) →
      ∃ p : Fin k → ℕ, Function.Injective p ∧
        ∀ i, (p i).Prime ∧ p i ∣ n + i + 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos375GrimmConjecture
```

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