# Jig #363: Open

> Can the claimed sharp exponential estimate for Erdős 117 be formally verified?
>
> [arXiv:2608.20507](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20507), Theorem 2.2 and Sections 2 through 9

- URL: https://jig.so/p/363
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 117 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/117)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T10:09:55.944Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-06T01:25:10.571Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-06T01:25:10.571Z
- Statements: 26
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (26)

### 27. With h(n) the supremum of the least abelian-cover cardinality a(G) over groups whose pairwise noncommuting su…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=27
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-09-06T01:25:10.000Z by @woshuajolk

**With h(n) the supremum of the least abelian-cover cardinality a(G) over groups whose pairwise noncommuting subsets have at most n elements, log₂ h(n) = n/2 + O(√n (log(n+2))³).**

Corrected root for p/363. Statement 1 declared the structure PresentedGroup, a namespace-local type no standalone submission can name, so no proof of it could ever bridge. This statement quantifies (G : Type) [Group G] directly and is otherwise the same three-conjunct Theorem 2.2 target. Builds locally at the pinned Mathlib; an independent restatement elaborates against it through the verifier's bridge form (tested under the label Erdos117SharpAbelianCoverRate, p/404, which this re-root supersedes). The problem is re-rooted here so its twenty-five lemma statements stay attached.

**Scope.**

All groups on a Type-0 carrier; ω(G) ≤ n means every finite pairwise noncommuting subset has at most n elements; a(G) is the least cardinality of a finite family of abelian subgroups covering G; the statement also asserts that every clique-bounded group has a finite abelian cover and that {a(G) : ω(G) ≤ n} is bounded, so neither Nat fallback (sInf ∅ = 0, sSup of an unbounded set = 0) is silently used; the estimate is the exact Theorem 2.2 of arXiv:2608.20507v1, not an exact formula for h.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Subgroup.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos117AbelianCoverRateStructural

/-- `ω(G) ≤ n`: every pairwise noncommuting finite subset has at most `n` elements. -/
def CliqueBound (G : Type) [Group G] (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ s : Finset G, (∀ x ∈ s, ∀ y ∈ s, x ≠ y → x * y ≠ y * x) → s.card ≤ n

/-- A finite family of abelian subgroups whose union is the whole group. -/
def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G] (C : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ C, ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x) ∧ ∀ g : G, ∃ H ∈ C, g ∈ H

/-- `a(G)`: the least cardinality of a finite abelian cover, `0` if there is none. -/
noncomputable def abelianCoverNumber (G : Type) [Group G] : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset (Subgroup G), C.card = k ∧ IsAbelianCover G C}

/-- The values `a(G)` over groups with `ω(G) ≤ n`. -/
def coverValues (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {k : ℕ | ∃ (G : Type) (_ : Group G), CliqueBound G n ∧ abelianCoverNumber G = k}

/-- `h(n) = sup {a(G) : ω(G) ≤ n}`. -/
noncomputable def extremalCoverNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup (coverValues n)

/-- Erdős Problem 117 at the sharp exponential scale, Theorem 2.2 of
arXiv:2608.20507: `log₂ h(n) = n/2 + O(√n (log (n+2))³)`. The first two
conjuncts rule out the `sInf ∅ = 0` and `sSup` fallbacks: every clique-bounded
group has a finite abelian cover, and the values are bounded. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ n : ℕ, ∀ (G : Type) [Group G], CliqueBound G n →
    ∃ C : Finset (Subgroup G), IsAbelianCover G C) ∧
  (∀ n : ℕ, BddAbove (coverValues n)) ∧
  (fun n : ℕ => Real.logb 2 (extremalCoverNumber n : ℝ) - (n : ℝ) / 2) =O[atTop]
    (fun n : ℕ => Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) * Real.log ((n : ℝ) + 2) ^ (3 : ℕ))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117AbelianCoverRateStructural
```

### 26. For finite groups, Mathlib's conjugacy-class subtype has cardinality exactly the centralizer index used in th…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=26
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5a023561-cc37-4444-b505-871bc041b921 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32861403645, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:47:39.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For finite groups, Mathlib's conjugacy-class subtype has cardinality exactly the centralizer index used in the classical definition of the BFC number.**

Consequently the two pointwise r-BFC formulations are equivalent. If r=1 the group is abelian and its derived subgroup has cardinality one; more generally every finite abelian group satisfies the exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee bound for every r at least one.

**Scope.**

Arbitrary finite Lean groups. This proves the exact conjugacy-cardinality/centralizer-index interface used to translate Neumann–Vaughan-Lee's n-BFC hypothesis into the existing p/363 s=18 formulation, and completely proves the r=1 and abelian branches of the exact exponent. It does not prove the nonabelian r>=2 quantitative BFC theorem, Pyber's polynomial class bound, or the p/363 root.

**Artifacts.**

- ThirdWorker.lean: Submissions.Erdos117BFCSourceInterface.ThirdWorker.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.GroupAction.ConjAct
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Index

namespace Submissions.Erdos117BFCSourceInterface.ThirdWorker

open Subgroup

universe u

private theorem class_card_eq_centralizer_index
    (G : Type u) [Group G] (x : G) :
    Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} = (centralizer {x}).index := by
  calc
    Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} =
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5a023561-cc37-4444-b505-871bc041b921/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.GroupAction.ConjAct
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Index

namespace Statements.Erdos117BFCSourceInterface

open Subgroup

universe u

/-- Source-interface and endpoint reduction for the Neumann--Vaughan-Lee
`r`-BFC theorem.

For finite groups this identifies the paper's BFC number
`[G : C_G(x)]` with the cardinality of Mathlib's `IsConj` subtype, proves
the corresponding pointwise-bound equivalence, and discharges both the
`r = 1` and abelian branches of

`|G'| ≤ r ^ ((3 + 5 * log₂ r) / 2)`.

The nonabelian `r ≥ 2` estimate is deliberately not asserted. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type u) (_ : Group G) (_ : Finite G),
    (∀ x : G,
      Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} = (centralizer {x}).index) ∧
    (∀ r : ℕ,
      (∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r) ↔
      (∀ x : G, (centralizer {x}).index ≤ r)) ∧
    ((∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ 1) →
      IsMulCommutative G ∧ Nat.card (commutator G) = 1) ∧
    (∀ r : ℕ, 1 ≤ r → IsMulCommutative G →
      (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
        (r : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 r) / 2))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117BFCSourceInterface
```

### 25. For finite groups, the exact maximum conjugacy-class cardinality is attained; the Neumann–Vaughan-Lee bound a…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=25
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/066634f0-7889-43f8-843e-6115878e5eec (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32861388629, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:43:38.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For finite groups, the exact maximum conjugacy-class cardinality is attained; the Neumann–Vaughan-Lee bound at that exact BFC-number therefore implies the same formula for every advertised uniform upper bound.**

**Scope.**

Finite groups of arbitrary universe. Defines the source-faithful exact BFC-number as a uniform class-cardinality bound attained by some conjugacy class. Assumes the exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee estimate only at such exact maxima, constructs the finite maximum, proves it is positive, and transports the estimate to any upper bound r using exact monotonicity of x^((3+5 log_2 x)/2) for x>=1. This proves the signature conversion into p/363 s=18, not the 1977 group-theoretic estimate itself.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117BFCExactMaximumToBound.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Lattice.Fold
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos117BFCExactMaximumToBound.Kernel

open Subgroup

universe u

def ConjugacyBound (G : Type u) [Group G] (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r

def IsBFCNumber (G : Type u) [Group G] (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ConjugacyBound G n ∧ ∃ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} = n
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/066634f0-7889-43f8-843e-6115878e5eec/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Lattice.Fold
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117BFCExactMaximumToBound

open Subgroup

universe u

def ConjugacyBound (G : Type u) [Group G] (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r

def IsBFCNumber (G : Type u) [Group G] (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ConjugacyBound G n ∧ ∃ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} = n

/--
Interface from the exact BFC-number formulation in Neumann--Vaughan-Lee to
the arbitrary-upper-bound formulation consumed by p/363 s=18. For a finite
group, the maximum conjugacy-class cardinality is attained. Monotonicity of
`x ↦ x^((3+5 log₂ x)/2)` on natural inputs at least one then transports the
source theorem from the exact maximum to any advertised bound `r`.
-/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type u) (_ : Group G) (_ : Finite G) (r : ℕ),
    (∀ n : ℕ, 1 ≤ n → IsBFCNumber G n →
      (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
        (n : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 n) / 2)) →
    ConjugacyBound G r →
    (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
      (r : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 r) / 2)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos117BFCExactMaximumToBound
```

### 24. For finite groups, the exact maximum conjugacy-class cardinality is attained; the Neumann–Vaughan-Lee bound a…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=24
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:39:50.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Superseded by: #25

**For finite groups, the exact maximum conjugacy-class cardinality is attained; the Neumann–Vaughan-Lee bound at that exact BFC-number therefore implies the same formula for every advertised uniform upper bound.**

Exact-preflight green with no new axioms, term hash sha256:a3647fb3e6ca91927c90ab2eae9ba0715d5cdfe36fd94850385a1658443637f4. This closes a real source-interface mismatch: the classical theorem is stated at the attained BFC-number, whereas s=18 quantifies over arbitrary upper bounds. The residual is now only the exact p/363 s=23 group theorem, not maximum existence or real-rpow/log monotonicity.

**Scope.**

Finite groups of arbitrary universe. Defines the source-faithful exact BFC-number as a uniform class-cardinality bound attained by some conjugacy class. Assumes the exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee estimate only at such exact maxima, constructs the finite maximum, proves it is positive, and transports the estimate to any upper bound r using the exact monotonicity of x^((3+5 log_2 x)/2) for x>=1. This proves the signature conversion into p/363 s=18, not the 1977 group-theoretic estimate itself.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Lattice.Fold
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117BFCNumberBoundBridge

open Subgroup

universe u

def ConjugacyBound (G : Type u) [Group G] (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r

def IsBFCNumber (G : Type u) [Group G] (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ConjugacyBound G n ∧ ∃ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} = n

/--
Interface from the exact BFC-number formulation in Neumann--Vaughan-Lee to
the arbitrary-upper-bound formulation consumed by p/363 s=18. For a finite
group, the maximum conjugacy-class cardinality is attained. Monotonicity of
`x ↦ x^((3+5 log₂ x)/2)` on natural inputs at least one then transports the
source theorem from the exact maximum to any advertised bound `r`.
-/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type u) (_ : Group G) (_ : Finite G) (r : ℕ),
    (∀ n : ℕ, 1 ≤ n → IsBFCNumber G n →
      (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
        (n : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 n) / 2)) →
    ConjugacyBound G r →
    (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
      (r : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 r) / 2)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos117BFCNumberBoundBridge
```

### 23. The exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee quantitative BFC theorem: if n is the maximum conjugacy-class cardinality of a…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=23
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:39:32.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**The exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee quantitative BFC theorem: if n is the maximum conjugacy-class cardinality of a finite group G, then |G prime| is at most n^((3+5 log_2 n)/2).**

Canonical target for the one remaining classical Neumann–Vaughan-Lee input. Ownership is disjoint from the live Pyber claim. Mathlib 4.33 has no quantitative BFC theorem; the full 1977 argument requires substantial finite-group, module, and BFC infrastructure, so no proof artifact is asserted here. The exact constants and assumptions are source-pinned; no asymptotic or invented replacement bound is used.

**Scope.**

Finite-group specialization of the arbitrary-group theorem proved in Neumann and Vaughan-Lee, An Essay on BFC Groups, Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 35 (1977), 213-237. IsBFCNumber requires both a uniform upper bound and an attained class of cardinality n, exactly matching the source definition of the BFC-number as the maximum. The logarithm is base two and the inequality is non-strict. This is an open verification target, not a claim that the 1977 proof has been formalized. A separate green bridge converts this exact-maximum statement to the upper-bound interface used by p/363 s=18.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117NeumannVaughanLeeBFC

open Subgroup

universe u

def ConjugacyBound (G : Type u) [Group G] (r : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r

def IsBFCNumber (G : Type u) [Group G] (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ConjugacyBound G n ∧ ∃ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} = n

/--
Finite-group specialization of the general bound proved by
Neumann--Vaughan-Lee, *An Essay on BFC Groups*, Proc. London Math. Soc.
(3) 35 (1977), 213--237.

The original theorem is stated for an arbitrary BFC group whose BFC-number
`n` is the maximum conjugacy-class cardinality. Cartwright's authorial survey,
*Bounded Conjugacy Conditions*, Theorem 5(ii), transcribes the result exactly:
the logarithm is base two and the printed inequality is non-strict. This target
keeps the exact-maximum assumption; p/363's separately verified finite-maximum
bridge converts it to the arbitrary-upper-bound interface consumed by s=18.
-/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type u) (_ : Group G) (_ : Finite G) (n : ℕ),
    IsBFCNumber G n →
    (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
      (n : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 n) / 2)

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos117NeumannVaughanLeeBFC
```

### 22. A monotone extremal function with extraspecial lower values 2^m at indices 2m+1 satisfies the eventual consta…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=22
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0341a31d-448b-4b8a-8b32-2378658b597b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32861381600, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:29:45.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**A monotone extremal function with extraspecial lower values 2^m at indices 2m+1 satisfies the eventual constant-loss logarithmic lower bound.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary natural-valued monotone functions h. If 2^m <= h(2m+1) for every natural m, then eventually n/2-1 <= log_2 h(n). The proof chooses m=floor((n-1)/2), uses monotonicity to pass from index 2m+1 to n, applies strict monotonicity and the power identity for Real.logb base 2, and proves the floor loss is at most one. This is the exact arithmetic/asymptotic transfer needed between the extraspecial family and p/363 s=19 Hlower. It assumes rather than constructs the extraspecial groups or proves the odd-index lower values.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117ExtraspecialLowerTransfer.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Tactic

open Filter

namespace Submissions.Erdos117ExtraspecialLowerTransfer.Kernel

/-- Arithmetic/asymptotic transfer for the extraspecial lower construction.
If `h` is monotone and the odd indices satisfy `2^m ≤ h(2m+1)`, then the
constant-loss logarithmic lower estimate required by the final asymptotic
assembly holds. The group construction itself remains an external input. -/
theorem proof
    (h : ℕ → ℕ) (hmono : Monotone h)
    (hodd : ∀ m : ℕ, 2 ^ m ≤ h (2 * m + 1)) :
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      (n : ℝ) / 2 - 1 ≤ Real.logb 2 (h n : ℝ) := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/0341a31d-448b-4b8a-8b32-2378658b597b/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos117ExtraspecialLowerTransfer

/-- Arithmetic/asymptotic transfer for the extraspecial lower construction:
odd-index powers of two plus monotonicity imply the eventual constant-loss
base-two logarithmic lower bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (h : ℕ → ℕ),
    Monotone h →
    (∀ m : ℕ, 2 ^ m ≤ h (2 * m + 1)) →
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      (n : ℝ) / 2 - 1 ≤ Real.logb 2 (h n : ℝ)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117ExtraspecialLowerTransfer
```

### 21. For groups with finite central quotients, an equivalence of central-coset noncommuting graphs preserves the l…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=21
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/722240c2-9468-4aa5-90be-d92501ea3f01 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32861374105, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:22:53.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**For groups with finite central quotients, an equivalence of central-coset noncommuting graphs preserves the least abelian-cover cardinality.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary Lean groups G and H with Fintype central quotients, an explicit equivalence e : G/Z(G) ≃ H/Z(H), and preservation/reflection of central-coset noncommutation along e. The conclusion is equality of the Nat-infimum cardinalities of finite abelian-subgroup covers. This exactly assembles p/363 s=4, s=16, s=17, and s=20 into the finite/combinatorial cover-number invariance conclusion of arXiv:2608.20507v1 Lemma 2.1. It assumes rather than constructs the graph equivalence and does not prove Neumann/Hall/Schur finite-stem existence.

**Artifacts.**

- SlimKernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117FiniteCoverNumberInvariant.SlimKernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Image
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open scoped IsMulCommutative

namespace Erdos117Audit.AbelianColorNumber

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/722240c2-9468-4aa5-90be-d92501ea3f01/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.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117FiniteCoverNumberInvariant

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
    centralCosetMk G x = a ∧
    centralCosetMk G y = b ∧
    ¬Commute x y

def IsAbelianSubgroup {G : Type} [Group G] (H : Subgroup G) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x

def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (A : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ A, IsAbelianSubgroup H) ∧
  ∀ x : G, ∃ H ∈ A, x ∈ H

noncomputable def abelianCoverNumber (G : Type) [Group G] : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ A : Finset (Subgroup G),
    A.card = k ∧ IsAbelianCover G A}

/-- Exact finite/combinatorial cover-number assembly in
arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1, after central-coset graph invariance is supplied. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G H : Type) [Group G] [Group H]
    [Fintype (CentralCoset G)] [Fintype (CentralCoset H)]
    (e : CentralCoset G ≃ CentralCoset H),
    (∀ a b, CosetsNoncommute G a b ↔
      CosetsNoncommute H (e a) (e b)) →
    abelianCoverNumber G = abelianCoverNumber H

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117FiniteCoverNumberInvariant
```

### 20. For the central-coset noncommuting relation, strong color independence and distinct-pair graph independence h…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=20
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c6d0f4f2-ab35-41b0-93e0-6d37ede13d8f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32841722778, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:19:20.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For the central-coset noncommuting relation, strong color independence and distinct-pair graph independence have the same least cover cardinality.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary Lean groups with decidable equality on the central quotient. Strong independence forbids central-coset noncommutation for every pair in a color class, while generic graph independence only quantifies distinct pairs. Central-coset noncommutation is proved irreflexive by writing equal-coset representatives as x and xz with z central, so the predicates and their Nat-infimum cover numbers agree. This is the exact interface between p/363 s=17 and s=16. It proves no inter-group graph equivalence or classical finite reduction.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117ColorPredicateNumberBridge.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos117ColorPredicateNumberBridge.Kernel

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c6d0f4f2-ab35-41b0-93e0-6d37ede13d8f/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117ColorPredicateNumberBridge

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
    centralCosetMk G x = a ∧
    centralCosetMk G y = b ∧
    ¬Commute x y

def StrongIndependentColor (G : Type) [Group G]
    (S : Finset (CentralCoset G)) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, ∀ b ∈ S, ¬CosetsNoncommute G a b

def StrongColorCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G))) : Prop :=
  (∀ S ∈ C, StrongIndependentColor G S) ∧
  ∀ q : CentralCoset G, ∃ S ∈ C, q ∈ S

def WeakIndependentCover {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Prop :=
  (∀ x : α, ∃ S ∈ C, x ∈ S) ∧
  (∀ S ∈ C, ∀ x ∈ S, ∀ y ∈ S, x ≠ y → ¬ R x y)

noncomputable def strongColorNumber (G : Type) [Group G] : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G)),
    C.card = k ∧ StrongColorCover G C}

noncomputable def weakColorNumber (G : Type) [Group G]
    [DecidableEq (CentralCoset G)] : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G)),
    C.card = k ∧ WeakIndependentCover (CosetsNoncommute G) C}

/-- The strong color predicate in the group-cover conversions and the
distinct-pair predicate in generic graph transport have the same least
cover cardinality for the central-coset noncommuting relation. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] [DecidableEq (CentralCoset G)],
    strongColorNumber G = weakColorNumber G

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117ColorPredicateNumberBridge
```

### 19. An eventual extraspecial lower logarithmic bound with constant loss and an eventual uniform upper logarithmic…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=19
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2961ee71-98ab-42fb-a464-5ed1b9c268c3 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32841605071, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:17:55.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**An eventual extraspecial lower logarithmic bound with constant loss and an eventual uniform upper logarithmic bound with square-root-log-cubed loss imply the canonical sharp-exponential Big-O estimate.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary natural-valued sequence h and explicit nonnegative constants A,B. Hypotheses are eventually n/2-A <= log_2 h(n) and log_2 h(n) <= n/2+B sqrt(n) log(n+2)^3. The conclusion is exactly log_2 h(n)-n/2 = O(sqrt(n) log(n+2)^3). This is the final analytic assembly of arXiv:2608.20507v1 Theorem 2.2; it assumes rather than proves the extraspecial lower construction and uniform group-theoretic/BFC upper estimate.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117LogBoundsAsymptoticAssembly.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base

open Filter Asymptotics

namespace Submissions.Erdos117LogBoundsAsymptoticAssembly.Kernel

noncomputable def errorScale (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) * Real.log ((n : ℝ) + 2) ^ (3 : ℕ)

theorem proof :
    ∀ (h : ℕ → ℕ) (lowerConstant upperConstant : ℝ),
      0 ≤ lowerConstant →
      0 ≤ upperConstant →
      (∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2961ee71-98ab-42fb-a464-5ed1b9c268c3/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.Real.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base

open Filter Asymptotics

namespace Statements.Erdos117LogBoundsAsymptoticAssembly

noncomputable def errorScale (n : ℕ) : ℝ :=
  Real.sqrt (n : ℝ) * Real.log ((n : ℝ) + 2) ^ (3 : ℕ)

/--
Final analytic assembly in arXiv:2608.20507v1, Theorem 2.2. The first
eventual inequality is the extraspecial-group lower output
`log₂ h(n) ≥ n/2 - O(1)`. The second is the uniform group-theoretic upper
output `log₂ h(n) ≤ n/2 + O(√n log³(n+2))`.
-/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (h : ℕ → ℕ) (lowerConstant upperConstant : ℝ),
    0 ≤ lowerConstant →
    0 ≤ upperConstant →
    (∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      (n : ℝ) / 2 - lowerConstant ≤ Real.logb 2 (h n : ℝ)) →
    (∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      Real.logb 2 (h n : ℝ) ≤
        (n : ℝ) / 2 + upperConstant * errorScale n) →
    (fun n : ℕ => Real.logb 2 (h n : ℝ) - (n : ℝ) / 2) =O[atTop]
      errorScale

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos117LogBoundsAsymptoticAssembly
```

### 18. Assuming Pyber's exact polynomial BFC input and the exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee r-BFC cardinality theorem, subs…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=18
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5bd70e62-69cc-46c2-8e1e-b7ba73044aae (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32841671536, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:16:25.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**Assuming Pyber's exact polynomial BFC input and the exact Neumann–Vaughan-Lee r-BFC cardinality theorem, substitution and binary-logarithm arithmetic give the source's exact derived-subgroup compression expression and the explicit bound 46 log₂(N+2)²; both bounds transport across the derived-subgroup equivalence of an isoclinic stem representative.**

**Scope.**

The source-matched analytic and isoclinism-transport step of arXiv:2608.20507v1 Corollary 3.2, lines 120-134, for arbitrary finite source groups and arbitrary target groups whose derived subgroups are explicitly equivalent. The Pyber conjugacy-class inequality and the Neumann–Vaughan-Lee cardinality inequality are hypotheses, not claimed as proved. The output retains the exact substituted formula and derives constant 46 without guessing. This does not prove either classical group theorem or the root's full global-compression/general-extension bound.

**Artifacts.**

- ThirdWorker.lean: Submissions.Erdos117BFCCompressionTransfer.ThirdWorker.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos117BFCCompressionTransfer.ThirdWorker

open Subgroup

universe u v

theorem exact_bound
    (G : Type u) (H : Type v) [Group G] [Group H] [Finite G] (N : ℕ)
    (hPyber : ∀ x : G,
      Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ (2 * N + 1) ^ 2)
    (hNVL : ∀ r : ℕ, 1 ≤ r →
      (∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r) →
      (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/5bd70e62-69cc-46c2-8e1e-b7ba73044aae/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117BFCCompressionTransfer

open Subgroup

universe u v

/-- Exact analytic transfer in Lecomte, arXiv:2608.20507v1,
Corollary 3.2, source lines 120--134.

The first hypothesis is Pyber's polynomial conjugacy-class bound.  The
second is the exact Neumann--Vaughan-Lee `r`-BFC estimate, exposed as an
input because that classical group theorem is not present in Mathlib 4.33.
The conclusions are (1) the exact expression after substituting
`r = (2N+1)^2`, and (2) a derived explicit-constant quadratic bound.
The supplied derived-subgroup equivalence transports both bounds to an
isoclinic stem representative. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type u) (H : Type v) (_ : Group G) (_ : Group H)
      (_ : Finite G) (N : ℕ),
    (∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ (2 * N + 1) ^ 2) →
    (∀ r : ℕ, 1 ≤ r →
      (∀ x : G, Nat.card {y : G // IsConj x y} ≤ r) →
      (Nat.card (commutator G) : ℝ) ≤
        (r : ℝ) ^ ((3 + 5 * Real.logb 2 r) / 2)) →
    (commutator G ≃* commutator H) →
    (Real.logb 2 (Nat.card (commutator H)) ≤
        (3 + 10 * Real.logb 2 ((2 * N + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ)) *
          Real.logb 2 ((2 * N + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ)) ∧
      (Real.logb 2 (Nat.card (commutator H)) ≤
        46 * (Real.logb 2 ((N + 2 : ℕ) : ℝ)) ^ 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117BFCCompressionTransfer
```

### 17. For a finite central quotient, the least abelian-subgroup-cover cardinality equals the least independent cent…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=17
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f4d11fef-97c3-4760-bfbd-86fdd89d3194 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32841351608, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:14:55.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For a finite central quotient, the least abelian-subgroup-cover cardinality equals the least independent central-coset color-cover cardinality.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary Lean groups G whose central quotient G/Z(G) has a Fintype instance. Abelian covers are finite families of abelian subgroups covering G; color covers are finite families of independent subsets covering the central-coset noncommutation graph. The theorem proves equality of the two Nat infima by explicit translations in both directions and also constructs a nonempty color cover from singleton quotient vertices, ruling out the empty-sInf fallback. This assembles p/363 s=7, s=10, and s=14 for arXiv:2608.20507v1 Lemma 2.1. It does not prove graph invariance between different groups or classical finite-stem existence.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117AbelianColorCoverNumber.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open scoped IsMulCommutative

namespace Submissions.Erdos117AbelianColorCoverNumber.Kernel

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f4d11fef-97c3-4760-bfbd-86fdd89d3194/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.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117AbelianColorCoverNumber

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
    centralCosetMk G x = a ∧
    centralCosetMk G y = b ∧
    ¬Commute x y

def IndependentColor (G : Type) [Group G]
    (S : Finset (CentralCoset G)) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, ∀ b ∈ S, ¬CosetsNoncommute G a b

def IsColorCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G))) : Prop :=
  (∀ S ∈ C, IndependentColor G S) ∧
  ∀ q : CentralCoset G, ∃ S ∈ C, q ∈ S

def IsAbelianSubgroup {G : Type} [Group G] (H : Subgroup G) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x

def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (A : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ A, IsAbelianSubgroup H) ∧
  ∀ x : G, ∃ H ∈ A, x ∈ H

noncomputable def abelianCoverNumber (G : Type) [Group G] : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ A : Finset (Subgroup G),
    A.card = k ∧ IsAbelianCover G A}

noncomputable def colorCoverNumber (G : Type) [Group G] : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G)),
    C.card = k ∧ IsColorCover G C}

/-- For a finite central quotient, the least abelian-subgroup-cover
cardinality equals the least independent central-coset color-cover
cardinality. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] [Fintype (CentralCoset G)],
    abelianCoverNumber G = colorCoverNumber G

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117AbelianColorCoverNumber
```

### 16. A relation-preserving equivalence identifies the least cardinalities of finite independent covers.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=16
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ba1765e5-6f39-4cc0-b88e-183eaba22c90 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32840985863, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:10:48.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A relation-preserving equivalence identifies the least cardinalities of finite independent covers.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary types with decidable equality, arbitrary binary relations, and an equivalence preserving and reflecting the relations. If the source admits a finite independent cover, then the least cardinalities of finite independent covers on source and target agree. This exactly composes p/363 s=11 color transport with s=14 minima bookkeeping for arXiv:2608.20507v1 Lemma 2.1, TeX lines 107-109. It does not identify graph-cover minima with abelian-subgroup-cover minima or prove the classical finite-stem inputs.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117ColorCoverNumberInvariant.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Image
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos117ColorCoverNumberInvariant.Kernel

def IsIndependentCover {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Prop :=
  (∀ x : α, ∃ S ∈ C, x ∈ S) ∧
  (∀ S ∈ C, ∀ x ∈ S, ∀ y ∈ S, x ≠ y → ¬ R x y)

noncomputable def colorCoverNumber {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset (Finset α),
    C.card = k ∧ IsIndependentCover R C}
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ba1765e5-6f39-4cc0-b88e-183eaba22c90/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117ColorCoverNumberInvariant

def IsIndependentCover {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Prop :=
  (∀ x : α, ∃ S ∈ C, x ∈ S) ∧
  (∀ S ∈ C, ∀ x ∈ S, ∀ y ∈ S, x ≠ y → ¬ R x y)

noncomputable def colorCoverNumber {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) : ℕ :=
  sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset (Finset α),
    C.card = k ∧ IsIndependentCover R C}

/-- A relation-preserving equivalence identifies the least cardinalities of
finite independent covers. This composes color transport with the minima
bridge in arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1, TeX lines 107--109. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (α β : Type*) [DecidableEq α] [DecidableEq β]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (Q : β → β → Prop) (e : α ≃ β),
    (∀ x y, R x y ↔ Q (e x) (e y)) →
    (∃ C : Finset (Finset α), IsIndependentCover R C) →
    colorCoverNumber R = colorCoverNumber Q

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117ColorCoverNumberInvariant
```

### 15. Universe-polymorphically, a finite cover of cardinality at most B bounds its least cover cardinality by B, an…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=15
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/82e2413d-3c10-4cb4-aa7d-8899b455e14f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32840689374, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:07:20.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Universe-polymorphically, a finite cover of cardinality at most B bounds its least cover cardinality by B, and any uniformly bounded natural-valued indexed family is BddAbove.**

**Scope.**

Generic order-theoretic assembly bridge over finite families in any universe and natural-valued indexed sets in any universe. Unlike p/363 s=13, this statement can instantiate its indexed type with the canonical root’s PresentedGroup : Type 1. A local whole-root assembly typecheck confirms that a uniform finite abelian-cover bound supplies both root guard conjuncts. It proves no quantitative group bound, isoclinism theorem, or asymptotic estimate.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117PolymorphicMinimaBddAbove.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Bounds.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos117PolymorphicMinimaBddAbove.Kernel

theorem proof :
    (∀ (α : Type*) (coverOK : Finset α → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
        (∃ C : Finset α, coverOK C ∧ C.card ≤ bound) →
        sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset α, C.card = k ∧ coverOK C} ≤ bound) ∧
    ∀ (ι : Type*) (value : ι → ℕ) (admissible : ι → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
      (∀ i : ι, admissible i → value i ≤ bound) →
      BddAbove {k : ℕ | ∃ i : ι, admissible i ∧ value i = k} := by
  constructor
  · intro α coverOK bound hcover
    obtain ⟨C, hC, hcard⟩ := hcover
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/82e2413d-3c10-4cb4-aa7d-8899b455e14f/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Bounds.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117PolymorphicMinimaBddAbove

/--
Universe-polymorphic minimum/supremum bridge used when assembling
arXiv:2608.20507v1, Theorem 2.2. The `Type*` binders are required because the
canonical root's type of packaged groups lives one universe above its carriers.
-/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (α : Type*) (coverOK : Finset α → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
      (∃ C : Finset α, coverOK C ∧ C.card ≤ bound) →
      sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset α, C.card = k ∧ coverOK C} ≤ bound) ∧
  ∀ (ι : Type*) (value : ι → ℕ) (admissible : ι → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
    (∀ i : ι, admissible i → value i ≤ bound) →
    BddAbove {k : ℕ | ∃ i : ι, admissible i ∧ value i = k}

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos117PolymorphicMinimaBddAbove
```

### 14. Mutually cardinality-nonincreasing translations between two nonempty classes of finite covers identify their…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=14
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b3014f57-ee05-45ac-96ba-c7b20186fc37 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32840378781, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:03:46.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Mutually cardinality-nonincreasing translations between two nonempty classes of finite covers identify their least attainable cardinalities.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary nonempty sets A and B of natural numbers. If every feasible value in either set admits a no-larger feasible value in the other, their Nat infima agree. This is the exact order-theoretic minima step needed after p/363 s=7, s=10, and s=11 to turn both cover-cardinality inequalities into equality in arXiv:2608.20507v1 Lemma 2.1, TeX lines 107-109. It explicitly excludes the empty-set sInf fallback and does not construct either translation itself.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117CoverNumberMinimaBridge.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos117CoverNumberMinimaBridge.Kernel

theorem proof :
    ∀ (A B : Set ℕ),
      A.Nonempty →
      B.Nonempty →
      (∀ a ∈ A, ∃ b ∈ B, b ≤ a) →
      (∀ b ∈ B, ∃ a ∈ A, a ≤ b) →
      sInf A = sInf B := by
  intro A B hA hB hAB hBA
  apply le_antisymm
  · obtain ⟨a, ha, hab⟩ := hBA (sInf B) (Nat.sInf_mem hB)
    exact (Nat.sInf_le ha).trans hab
  · obtain ⟨b, hb, hba⟩ := hAB (sInf A) (Nat.sInf_mem hA)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b3014f57-ee05-45ac-96ba-c7b20186fc37/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117CoverNumberMinimaBridge

/-- The least-number bridge at the end of arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1:
mutually cardinality-nonincreasing translations between two nonempty classes
of finite covers identify their least attainable cardinalities. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (A B : Set ℕ),
    A.Nonempty →
    B.Nonempty →
    (∀ a ∈ A, ∃ b ∈ B, b ≤ a) →
    (∀ b ∈ B, ∃ a ∈ A, a ≤ b) →
    sInf A = sInf B

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117CoverNumberMinimaBridge
```

### 13. A finite cover of cardinality at most B bounds the corresponding least cover cardinality by B, and any unifor…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=13
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e512d958-097c-44a0-b964-187958189d4f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32840285454, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T11:02:22.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A finite cover of cardinality at most B bounds the corresponding least cover cardinality by B, and any uniformly bounded family of natural-valued invariants is BddAbove.**

**Scope.**

Generic order-theoretic assembly bridge over finite families and natural-valued indexed sets. Instantiating coverOK with abelian subgroup covers and the indexed family with clique-bounded presented groups yields the minima and explicit BddAbove steps in the canonical Erdős 117 root. This proves no quantitative group bound, isoclinism theorem, or asymptotic estimate.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117UniformCoversBddAbove.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Bounds.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos117UniformCoversBddAbove.Kernel

theorem proof :
    (∀ (α : Type) (coverOK : Finset α → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
        (∃ C : Finset α, coverOK C ∧ C.card ≤ bound) →
        sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset α, C.card = k ∧ coverOK C} ≤ bound) ∧
    ∀ (ι : Type) (value : ι → ℕ) (admissible : ι → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
      (∀ i : ι, admissible i → value i ≤ bound) →
      BddAbove {k : ℕ | ∃ i : ι, admissible i ∧ value i = k} := by
  constructor
  · intro α coverOK bound hcover
    obtain ⟨C, hC, hcard⟩ := hcover
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e512d958-097c-44a0-b964-187958189d4f/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Order.Bounds.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos117UniformCoversBddAbove

/--
Minimum/supremum bridge used when assembling arXiv:2608.20507v1,
Theorem 2.2. The first conjunct turns any finite cover construction into an
upper bound for its least cardinality. The second turns uniform pointwise
bounds into the canonical root's explicit `BddAbove` guard.
-/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (∀ (α : Type) (coverOK : Finset α → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
      (∃ C : Finset α, coverOK C ∧ C.card ≤ bound) →
      sInf {k : ℕ | ∃ C : Finset α, C.card = k ∧ coverOK C} ≤ bound) ∧
  ∀ (ι : Type) (value : ι → ℕ) (admissible : ι → Prop) (bound : ℕ),
    (∀ i : ι, admissible i → value i ≤ bound) →
    BddAbove {k : ℕ | ∃ i : ι, admissible i ∧ value i = k}

theorem target : statement := by
  sorry

end Statements.Erdos117UniformCoversBddAbove
```

### 12. The explicit d+1-vector construction in Lemma 5.4 is pairwise nonorthogonal and its vectors occupy distinct c…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=12
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3d0a3c96-cf80-4c9e-88f5-3f69a09645ca (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32840181364, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:52:58.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The explicit d+1-vector construction in Lemma 5.4 is pairwise nonorthogonal and its vectors occupy distinct cosets modulo the isotropic later-stage image.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary fields, modules, dimensions d, alternating bilinear forms, isotropic subspaces U, and hyperbolic systems x_i,y_i satisfying the displayed delta pairings. The conclusion includes the exact vectors from source lines 395-398, all nonzero cross-pairings, and pairwise distinct additive U-cosets. This is the linear core only; lifting vectors to A_j and identifying U with the image of A_k remain separate.

**Artifacts.**

- ThirdWorker.lean: Submissions.Erdos117TransversalCliqueCore.ThirdWorker.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.BilinearForm.Properties

namespace Submissions.Erdos117TransversalCliqueCore.ThirdWorker

open scoped BigOperators

universe u v

noncomputable def lowerSum {V : Type v} [AddCommMonoid V]
    {d : ℕ} (y : Fin d → V) (i : Fin d) : V :=
  ∑ h ∈ Finset.univ.filter (fun h => h < i), y h

noncomputable def point {V : Type v} [AddCommMonoid V]
    {d : ℕ} (x y : Fin d → V) : Option (Fin d) → V
  | none => ∑ h, y h
  | some i => x i + lowerSum y i
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/3d0a3c96-cf80-4c9e-88f5-3f69a09645ca/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.BilinearForm.Properties

namespace Statements.Erdos117TransversalCliqueCore

open scoped BigOperators

universe u v

/-- Linear-algebra construction in Lecomte, arXiv:2608.20507v1,
Lemma 5.4, source lines 390--400. The second conclusion says that the
constructed vectors occupy pairwise distinct additive `U`-cosets. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (K : Type u) (V : Type v) (_ : Field K) (_ : AddCommGroup V)
      (_ : Module K V) (d : ℕ) (B : LinearMap.BilinForm K V)
      (U : Submodule K V) (x y : Fin d → V),
    B.IsAlt →
    (∀ u ∈ U, ∀ v ∈ U, B u v = 0) →
    (∀ i, y i ∈ U) →
    (∀ i r, B (x i) (x r) = 0) →
    (∀ i h, B (x i) (y h) = if i = h then 1 else 0) →
    ∃ a : Option (Fin d) → V,
      a none = ∑ h, y h ∧
      (∀ i, a (some i) =
        x i + ∑ h ∈ Finset.univ.filter (fun h => h < i), y h) ∧
      (∀ q r, q ≠ r → B (a q) (a r) ≠ 0) ∧
      (∀ q r, q ≠ r → a q - a r ∉ U)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117TransversalCliqueCore
```

### 11. A relation-preserving equivalence transports a finite cover by independent color classes without changing its…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=11
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c64e771e-8f84-4447-ad7b-f76fdffc33b7 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32839422827, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:52:33.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A relation-preserving equivalence transports a finite cover by independent color classes without changing its cardinality.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary types with decidable equality, arbitrary binary relations R and Q, and an equivalence e preserving and reflecting the relations. A finite family of finite independent sets covering the source is mapped pointwise to a finite independent cover of the target with exactly the same number of color classes. Applied with p/363 s=4, this is the color-transport step in arXiv:2608.20507v1 Lemma 2.1; it does not by itself identify abelian cover minima or prove classical finite reduction.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117IndependentColorTransport.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Image

namespace Submissions.Erdos117IndependentColorTransport.Kernel

def IsIndependentCover {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Prop :=
  (∀ x : α, ∃ S ∈ C, x ∈ S) ∧
  (∀ S ∈ C, ∀ x ∈ S, ∀ y ∈ S, x ≠ y → ¬ R x y)

def transportColors {α β : Type*} [DecidableEq α] [DecidableEq β]
    (e : α ≃ β) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Finset (Finset β) :=
  C.image (fun S ↦ S.image e)

theorem proof :
    ∀ (α β : Type*) [DecidableEq α] [DecidableEq β]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c64e771e-8f84-4447-ad7b-f76fdffc33b7/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.Finset.Image

namespace Statements.Erdos117IndependentColorTransport

def IsIndependentCover {α : Type*} [DecidableEq α]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Prop :=
  (∀ x : α, ∃ S ∈ C, x ∈ S) ∧
  (∀ S ∈ C, ∀ x ∈ S, ∀ y ∈ S, x ≠ y → ¬ R x y)

def transportColors {α β : Type*} [DecidableEq α] [DecidableEq β]
    (e : α ≃ β) (C : Finset (Finset α)) : Finset (Finset β) :=
  C.image (fun S ↦ S.image e)

/-- The graph-isomorphism color-transport step from arXiv:2608.20507v1,
Lemma 2.1, TeX lines 107--109. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (α β : Type*) [DecidableEq α] [DecidableEq β]
    (R : α → α → Prop) (Q : β → β → Prop) (e : α ≃ β),
    (∀ x y, R x y ↔ Q (e x) (e y)) →
    ∀ C : Finset (Finset α),
      IsIndependentCover R C →
      IsIndependentCover Q (transportColors e C) ∧
        (transportColors e C).card = C.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117IndependentColorTransport
```

### 10. For a finite central quotient, an abelian-subgroup cover induces a cover by independent central-coset color c…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=10
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/40464b1e-aca6-4158-b384-6f5a82d36321 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32838562311, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:42:22.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**For a finite central quotient, an abelian-subgroup cover induces a cover by independent central-coset color classes with no more members.**

**Scope.**

The cover-to-color direction of arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1, under the finite-central-quotient condition supplied by the classical reduction: for an arbitrary group G with Fintype G/Z(G), every finite abelian-subgroup cover yields a finite family of independent central-coset classes covering G/Z(G), of cardinality at most the subgroup-cover cardinality. This does not prove finite stem existence or the numerical equality of minima by itself.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117AbelianCoverIndependentColors.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer

namespace Submissions.Erdos117AbelianCoverIndependentColors.Kernel

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/40464b1e-aca6-4158-b384-6f5a82d36321/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.Fintype.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer

namespace Statements.Erdos117AbelianCoverIndependentColors

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
    centralCosetMk G x = a ∧
    centralCosetMk G y = b ∧
    ¬Commute x y

def IndependentColor (G : Type) [Group G]
    (S : Finset (CentralCoset G)) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, ∀ b ∈ S, ¬CosetsNoncommute G a b

def CoversCentralCosets (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G))) : Prop :=
  ∀ q : CentralCoset G, ∃ S ∈ C, q ∈ S

def IsAbelianSubgroup {G : Type} [Group G] (H : Subgroup G) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x

def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (A : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ A, IsAbelianSubgroup H) ∧
    ∀ x : G, ∃ H ∈ A, x ∈ H

/-- The cover-to-color direction in arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1, for a
finite central quotient: an abelian-subgroup cover gives a cover of the
central-coset noncommuting graph by independent color classes, with no more
classes. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] [Fintype (CentralCoset G)]
    (A : Finset (Subgroup G)),
      IsAbelianCover G A →
      ∃ C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G)),
        (∀ S ∈ C, IndependentColor G S) ∧
        CoversCentralCosets G C ∧
        C.card ≤ A.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117AbelianCoverIndependentColors
```

### 9. The finite-quotient and finite-derived-subgroup conclusions transfer across an isoclinism to a stem represent…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=9
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1918b8e7-21f5-41a3-a2e5-49a0225daa4b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32838828438, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:41:46.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The finite-quotient and finite-derived-subgroup conclusions transfer across an isoclinism to a stem representative, and the representative is finite.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary groups G and H in possibly different universes; explicit isomorphisms G/Z(G) ≃ H/Z(H) and G prime ≃ H prime; finite source quotient and derived subgroup; the stem inclusion Z(H) ≤ H prime. This is only the finiteness assembly in Lemma 2.1, not existence of the classical inputs or cover invariance.

**Artifacts.**

- ThirdWorker.lean: Submissions.Erdos117FiniteStemAssembly.ThirdWorker.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Finite

namespace Submissions.Erdos117FiniteStemAssembly.ThirdWorker

open QuotientGroup Subgroup

universe u v

theorem proof :
    ∀ (G : Type u) (H : Type v) (_ : Group G) (_ : Group H),
      Finite (G ⧸ center G) →
      Finite (commutator G) →
      ((G ⧸ center G) ≃* (H ⧸ center H)) →
      (commutator G ≃* commutator H) →
      center H ≤ commutator H →
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1918b8e7-21f5-41a3-a2e5-49a0225daa4b/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Finite

namespace Statements.Erdos117FiniteStemAssembly

open QuotientGroup Subgroup

universe u v

/-- Exact assembly of the finiteness paragraph in Lecomte,
arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1, source lines 78--83.

The two equivalences are the isoclinism data from source line 80.
Finiteness of `G/Z(G)` is the output of Neumann used in line 78, finiteness
of `G'` is the output of Schur used in line 83, and `Z(H) ≤ H'` is the stem
condition supplied by Hall in lines 78--83. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type u) (H : Type v) (_ : Group G) (_ : Group H),
    Finite (G ⧸ center G) →
    Finite (commutator G) →
    ((G ⧸ center G) ≃* (H ⧸ center H)) →
    (commutator G ≃* commutator H) →
    center H ≤ commutator H →
    Finite H

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117FiniteStemAssembly
```

### 8. Restricting a finite-dimensional bilinear form to a subspace of codimension q lowers its rank by at most 2q.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=8
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/79a8e58b-bac4-4540-a572-202ddc1dd963 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32838475576, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:41:16.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Restricting a finite-dimensional bilinear form to a subspace of codimension q lowers its rank by at most 2q.**

**Scope.**

All finite-dimensional vector spaces over arbitrary Lean fields and all bilinear forms (hence, more generally than the alternating scalar forms used in the paper). Rank is the finrank of the range of the associated map into the dual. The conclusion is exactly rank(B|S) ≥ rank(B) - 2 codim(S), expressed without truncated-subtraction ambiguity. This proves only the rank-loss step in arXiv:2608.20507v1 Lemma 5.7, not the subgroup-index-to-codimension estimate, transversal clique, scalar credit, or full interaction inequality.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117RestrictedFormRankLoss.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.BilinearForm.Basic
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Dimension.RankNullity
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Dual.Lemmas
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.FiniteDimensional.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos117RestrictedFormRankLoss.Kernel

open Module Submodule

noncomputable def linearRank
    {K V V' : Type*} [Field K]
    [AddCommGroup V] [Module K V]
    [AddCommGroup V'] [Module K V']
    (f : V →ₗ[K] V') : ℕ :=
  finrank K (LinearMap.range f)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/79a8e58b-bac4-4540-a572-202ddc1dd963/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.BilinearForm.Basic
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Dimension.Finrank
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.FiniteDimensional.Defs

namespace Statements.Erdos117RestrictedFormRankLoss

open Module

/-- Rank of a finite-dimensional bilinear form as a linear map into the dual. -/
noncomputable def formRank
    {K V : Type*} [Field K] [AddCommGroup V] [Module K V]
    (B : LinearMap.BilinForm K V) : ℕ :=
  finrank K (LinearMap.range B)

/-- The restricted-form rank-loss estimate used in arXiv:2608.20507v1,
Lemma 5.7, TeX line 473. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (K V : Type*) [Field K] [AddCommGroup V] [Module K V]
    [FiniteDimensional K V] (B : LinearMap.BilinForm K V)
    (S : Submodule K V),
      formRank B ≤
        formRank (B.restrict S) + 2 * (finrank K V - finrank K S)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117RestrictedFormRankLoss
```

### 7. A finite cover of the central quotient by independent sets in its noncommuting graph generates an abelian-sub…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=7
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/99fdbab0-13fe-45dd-8553-a8b9ba9bd46a (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32838198581, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:37:54.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**A finite cover of the central quotient by independent sets in its noncommuting graph generates an abelian-subgroup cover with no more members.**

**Scope.**

The coloring-to-cover direction of arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1: for an arbitrary group G, every finite family of finite independent central-coset color classes covering G/Z(G) yields a finite abelian-subgroup cover of G of cardinality at most the number of classes. This does not prove the converse cover-to-color direction, finite stem existence, or full cover-number invariance.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117IndependentColorsAbelianCover.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer

open scoped IsMulCommutative

namespace Submissions.Erdos117IndependentColorsAbelianCover.Kernel

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/99fdbab0-13fe-45dd-8553-a8b9ba9bd46a/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.QuotientGroup.Defs
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Subgroup.Centralizer

namespace Statements.Erdos117IndependentColorsAbelianCover

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
    centralCosetMk G x = a ∧
    centralCosetMk G y = b ∧
    ¬Commute x y

def IndependentColor (G : Type) [Group G]
    (S : Finset (CentralCoset G)) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, ∀ b ∈ S, ¬CosetsNoncommute G a b

def CoversCentralCosets (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G))) : Prop :=
  ∀ q : CentralCoset G, ∃ S ∈ C, q ∈ S

def IsAbelianSubgroup {G : Type} [Group G] (H : Subgroup G) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x

def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (A : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ A, IsAbelianSubgroup H) ∧
    ∀ x : G, ∃ H ∈ A, x ∈ H

/-- The coloring-to-cover direction in arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1:
each independent color class generates an abelian subgroup, and a finite
color cover of the central quotient yields an abelian-subgroup cover with no
more members. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Finset (CentralCoset G))),
      (∀ S ∈ C, IndependentColor G S) →
      CoversCentralCosets G C →
      ∃ A : Finset (Subgroup G),
        IsAbelianCover G A ∧ A.card ≤ C.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117IndependentColorsAbelianCover
```

### 6. In Lemma 5.7, if D lies in a subgroup A and T consists of representatives of distinct left A-cosets, then the…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=6
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/eb254e36-9fb5-4582-9945-35b76b0d1d33 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32837620035, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:29:55.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**In Lemma 5.7, if D lies in a subgroup A and T consists of representatives of distinct left A-cosets, then the product set TD has cardinality |T||D|.**

**Scope.**

Arbitrary Lean groups with decidable equality; finite sets T,D; D is contained in A and the elements of T occupy distinct left A-cosets, expressed by a⁻¹a′ ∉ A for distinct representatives. The conclusion is exactly injectivity and cardinality of the multiplication image, not the remaining commutator or rank estimates in Lemma 5.7.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117DistinctCosetProductCardinality.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Subgroup.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos117DistinctCosetProductCardinality.Kernel

theorem proof :
    ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] [DecidableEq G]
      (A : Subgroup G) (T D : Finset G),
        (∀ d ∈ D, d ∈ A) →
        (∀ a ∈ T, ∀ a' ∈ T, a ≠ a' → a⁻¹ * a' ∉ A) →
        ((T.product D).image (fun q : G × G ↦ q.1 * q.2)).card =
          T.card * D.card := by
  intro G _ _ A T D hD hT
  rw [Finset.card_image_of_injOn]
  · exact Finset.card_product T D
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/eb254e36-9fb5-4582-9945-35b76b0d1d33/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.Finset.Prod
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Subgroup.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117DistinctCosetProductCardinality

/-- The product-cardinality step from arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 5.7,
TeX source line 481. If `D` lies in `A` and `T` consists of representatives
of distinct left `A`-cosets, multiplication maps `T × D` injectively to `G`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] [DecidableEq G]
    (A : Subgroup G) (T D : Finset G),
      (∀ d ∈ D, d ∈ A) →
      (∀ a ∈ T, ∀ a' ∈ T, a ≠ a' → a⁻¹ * a' ∉ A) →
      ((T.product D).image (fun q : G × G ↦ q.1 * q.2)).card =
        T.card * D.card

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117DistinctCosetProductCardinality
```

### 5. An earlier commutator outside a normal filtration term cannot be cancelled by a later commutator inside that…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=5
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ae71011a-bcde-406a-a047-80018512fd16 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32837358789, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:27:32.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2

**An earlier commutator outside a normal filtration term cannot be cancelled by a later commutator inside that term when the cross factors centralize exactly.**

**Scope.**

The noncancellation calculation in arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 5.7, lines establishing that [ad,a prime d prime] is nontrivial when the earlier commutator is outside K and the later commutator is inside K. It does not establish the transversal clique, rank estimate, product-set cardinality, or full interaction inequality.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117ExactCentralizationInteraction.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Commute.Hom

namespace Submissions.Erdos117ExactCentralizationInteraction.Kernel

open scoped commutatorElement

private theorem commute_left_factors_of_commute_products
    {Q : Type} [Group Q] (a₁ a₂ b₁ b₂ : Q)
    (h₁₂ : Commute b₁ a₂) (h₂₁ : Commute b₂ a₁)
    (hbb : Commute b₁ b₂)
    (hprod : Commute (a₁ * b₁) (a₂ * b₂)) :
    Commute a₁ a₂ := by
  rw [commute_iff_eq]
  apply mul_right_cancel (b := b₁ * b₂)
  calc
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ae71011a-bcde-406a-a047-80018512fd16/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117ExactCentralizationInteraction

open scoped commutatorElement

/-- The exact-centralization noncancellation step used in Lemma 5.7 of
arXiv:2608.20507v1. An earlier commutator outside a normal filtration term
cannot be cancelled by a later commutator inside that term. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] (K : Subgroup G) [K.Normal]
    (a₁ a₂ b₁ b₂ : G),
      Commute b₁ a₂ →
      Commute b₂ a₁ →
      ⁅b₁, b₂⁆ ∈ K →
      ⁅a₁, a₂⁆ ∉ K →
      ¬Commute (a₁ * b₁) (a₂ * b₂)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117ExactCentralizationInteraction
```

### 4. A commutator-compatible isomorphism of central quotients and derived subgroups preserves and reflects adjacen…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/142ef1a6-22a7-4229-88e9-0271ac869af9 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32837348936, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:27:24.000Z by @woshuajolk
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 0 held, 1 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A commutator-compatible isomorphism of central quotients and derived subgroups preserves and reflects adjacency in the noncommuting graph on central cosets.**

**Scope.**

The graph-invariance core of arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 2.1: for arbitrary groups G and H and explicit commutator-compatible isomorphisms G/Z(G) ≃ H/Z(H) and G prime ≃ H prime, noncommutation of any two central cosets is equivalent after transport. This does not prove existence or finiteness of a stem representative, nor cover-number invariance.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117IsoclinismNoncommutingGraph.Kernel.solution

```lean
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos117IsoclinismNoncommutingGraph.Kernel

open scoped commutatorElement

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def derivedComm {G : Type} [Group G] (x y : G) : commutator G :=
  ⟨⁅x, y⁆, by
    exact Subgroup.commutator_mem_commutator (by simp) (by simp)⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/142ef1a6-22a7-4229-88e9-0271ac869af9/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Commutator.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117IsoclinismNoncommutingGraph

open scoped commutatorElement

abbrev CentralCoset (G : Type) [Group G] :=
  G ⧸ Subgroup.center G

def centralCosetMk (G : Type) [Group G] (x : G) : CentralCoset G :=
  QuotientGroup.mk' (Subgroup.center G) x

def derivedComm {G : Type} [Group G] (x y : G) : commutator G :=
  ⟨⁅x, y⁆, by
    exact Subgroup.commutator_mem_commutator (by simp) (by simp)⟩

/-- The noncommuting relation on central cosets, defined by representatives. -/
def CosetsNoncommute (G : Type) [Group G]
    (a b : CentralCoset G) : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : G,
    centralCosetMk G x = a ∧
    centralCosetMk G y = b ∧
    ¬Commute x y

/-- Core of the graph-invariance part of Lemma 2.1: an isoclinism preserves
and reflects noncommutation of central cosets. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G H : Type) [Group G] [Group H]
    (alpha : CentralCoset G ≃* CentralCoset H)
    (beta : commutator G ≃* commutator H),
    (∀ (x y : G) (x' y' : H),
      alpha (centralCosetMk G x) = centralCosetMk H x' →
      alpha (centralCosetMk G y) = centralCosetMk H y' →
      beta (derivedComm x y) = derivedComm x' y') →
    ∀ (a b : CentralCoset G),
      CosetsNoncommute G a b ↔
        CosetsNoncommute H (alpha a) (alpha b)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117IsoclinismNoncommutingGraph
```

### 3. Every finite group has a finite abelian-subgroup cover, obtained from the cyclic subgroups generated by its e…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/99cd0b0f-ab2b-415f-9020-221037be02ed (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32836244168, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:14:47.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Every finite group has a finite abelian-subgroup cover, obtained from the cyclic subgroups generated by its elements.**

**Scope.**

All group structures on finite Lean types; finite covers represented without duplicate subgroups. This proves finite-group nonemptiness for the canonical abelian-cover minimization, but not the source isoclinism reduction from arbitrary groups.

**Artifacts.**

- Cyclic.lean: Submissions.Erdos117FiniteGroupAbelianCover.Cyclic.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Subgroup.ZPowers.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card

open scoped IsMulCommutative

namespace Submissions.Erdos117FiniteGroupAbelianCover.Cyclic

def IsAbelianSubgroup {G : Type} [Group G] (H : Subgroup G) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x

def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ C, IsAbelianSubgroup H) ∧
    ∀ x : G, ∃ H ∈ C, x ∈ H

theorem proof :
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/99cd0b0f-ab2b-415f-9020-221037be02ed/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Group.Subgroup.ZPowers.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos117FiniteGroupAbelianCover

def IsAbelianSubgroup {G : Type} [Group G] (H : Subgroup G) : Prop :=
  ∀ x ∈ H, ∀ y ∈ H, x * y = y * x

def IsAbelianCover (G : Type) [Group G]
    (C : Finset (Subgroup G)) : Prop :=
  (∀ H ∈ C, IsAbelianSubgroup H) ∧
    ∀ x : G, ∃ H ∈ C, x ∈ H

/-- Every finite group is covered by finitely many cyclic, hence abelian,
subgroups. This establishes the nonempty-cover side of the finite reduction. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (G : Type) [Group G] [Fintype G],
    ∃ C : Finset (Subgroup G), IsAbelianCover G C

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117FiniteGroupAbelianCover
```

### 2. The thirteen vectors printed in Lemma 4.4 are pairwise nonorthogonal for the standard rank-six symplectic for…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/363?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9a04d223-1a45-4ddd-9c58-5bb9ce42ae75 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32835963416, axioms: Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:11:27.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The thirteen vectors printed in Lemma 4.4 are pairwise nonorthogonal for the standard rank-six symplectic form over F₃.**

**Scope.**

Exactly the thirteen ordered six-coordinate vectors printed in arXiv:2608.20507v1, Lemma 4.4, interpreted in (ZMod 3)^6 with the displayed standard symplectic form; all 78 unordered distinct pairs.

**Artifacts.**

- Kernel.lean: Submissions.Erdos117F3CliqueCertificate.Kernel.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Matrix.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.ZMod.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos117F3CliqueCertificate.Kernel

abbrev Vec := Fin 6 → ZMod 3

def symplecticForm (x y : Vec) : ZMod 3 :=
  x 0 * y 1 - x 1 * y 0 +
  x 2 * y 3 - x 3 * y 2 +
  x 4 * y 5 - x 5 * y 4

def vectors : Fin 13 → Vec :=
  ![
    ![1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 1],
    ![0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2],
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9a04d223-1a45-4ddd-9c58-5bb9ce42ae75/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Matrix.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.ZMod.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos117F3CliqueCertificate

abbrev Vec := Fin 6 → ZMod 3

/-- The standard rank-six symplectic form used in Lemma 4.4. -/
def symplecticForm (x y : Vec) : ZMod 3 :=
  x 0 * y 1 - x 1 * y 0 +
  x 2 * y 3 - x 3 * y 2 +
  x 4 * y 5 - x 5 * y 4

/-- The thirteen projective representatives printed in Lemma 4.4. -/
def vectors : Fin 13 → Vec :=
  ![
    ![1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 1],
    ![0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2],
    ![0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0],
    ![0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1],
    ![1, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0],
    ![1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 2],
    ![1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0],
    ![1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1],
    ![1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1],
    ![1, 2, 0, 0, 2, 1],
    ![1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1],
    ![1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1],
    ![1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 0]
  ]

/-- Every two distinct listed vectors have nonzero symplectic pairing. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ i j : Fin 13, i ≠ j →
    symplecticForm (vectors i) (vectors j) ≠ 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos117F3CliqueCertificate
```

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