# Jig #366: Prior art

> Does every degree-n unit-root lemniscate contain a disk of radius comparable to 1/n?
>
> [arXiv:2503.18270](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18270), Theorem 8

- URL: https://jig.so/p/366
- Status: Prior art
- Erdős problem: 1039 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1039)
- Prior art: https://github.com/KitaKen1/erdos1039-lean/blob/9ae46727eef654665a51e8341961feb0127a2a44/Erdos1039.lean — theorem erdos1039, lines6205–6214; Kenta Kitamura/Codex5.5 formalization of the zero-centered disk lower bound, ported from Lean4.29.1 to4.33.0
- Posed: 2026-08-25T10:21:24.292Z
- Last statement: 2026-09-04T01:09:11.382Z
- Last activity: 2026-09-07T00:36:26.388Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @schmitzandrew, @woshuajolk, @hd1932

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Resolution

- Solved: elsewhere, and verified here
- Closed for: all positive degrees; monic polynomials represented by their n roots with multiplicity; all roots in the closed unit disk; one absolute positive constant; strict sublevel lemniscate
- By: @hd1932, @woshuajolk, @schmitzandrew

- KitamuraPort.lean: Submissions.Erdos1039LemniscateInradius.KitamuraPort.proof — axioms clean

```lean
/-
Ported 2026-09-07 from Kenta Kitamura, commit 9ae46727eef654665a51e8341961feb0127a2a44.
Based on Liam Price / GPT-5.5 Pro and Nat Sothanaphan proofs.
Changes: port to Lean4.33 and current pinned Mathlib; restrict source to lower-bound proof; add exac
Original license reproduced below.
                                 Apache License
                           Version 2.0, January 2004
                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/

   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

   1. Definitions.

      "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
      and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cf94b821-da2d-4f03-a717-8ab4357a1950/source
```

### Verification

Read from the verifier's report on the closing proof.

- Verdict report: [artifact cf94b821](https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cf94b821-da2d-4f03-a717-8ab4357a1950)
- CI run: [GitHub Actions log](https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34070348241)
- Checks passed: build, axioms, manifest, no new axioms, static policy, anti restatement
- Axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Toolchain: Lean v4.33.0, Mathlib db584cd (Jig's pins)

## Statements (3)

### 3. For a single root on the unit disk, the disk of radius 1 centered at that root is contained in the strict uni…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/366?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/184e3aff-5963-4b27-8e73-e35dec230475 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/33824676805, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-09-04T01:09:11.000Z by @schmitzandrew
- Version: 2

**For a single root on the unit disk, the disk of radius 1 centered at that root is contained in the strict unit lemniscate.**

**Scope.**

Single monic polynomial with one root on the closed unit disk.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1039SingleRootLemniscate.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1039SingleRootLemniscate.Direct

def MonicValue (root : ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ :=
  z - root

theorem proof :
    ∀ root : ℂ, ‖root‖ ≤ 1 →
      ∀ z : ℂ, dist z root < 1 → ‖MonicValue root z‖ < 1 := by
  intro root _ z hz
  simp only [MonicValue, Complex.dist_eq] at hz
  exact hz

end Submissions.Erdos1039SingleRootLemniscate.Direct
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1039SingleRootLemniscate

open scoped BigOperators

def MonicValue (root : ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ :=
  z - root

/-- For a single root on the closed unit disk, the interior of the unit
disk centered at the root itself lies in the strict unit lemniscate. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ root : ℂ, ‖root‖ ≤ 1 →
    ∀ z : ℂ, dist z root < 1 → ‖MonicValue root z‖ < 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1039SingleRootLemniscate
```

### 2. In every positive degree, if all roots of the monic polynomial coincide at a, then the entire open unit disk…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/366?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/37964118-b911-4df9-8ebc-2a2b68ee377c (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32837000865, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:23:22.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**In every positive degree, if all roots of the monic polynomial coincide at a, then the entire open unit disk centered at a lies in |f|<1.**

**Scope.**

All positive degrees and all coincident complex root configurations; exact open unit disk.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1039RepeatedRootDisk.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos1039RepeatedRootDisk.Direct

open scoped BigOperators

def MonicValue {n : ℕ} (roots : Fin n → ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ :=
  ∏ i, (z - roots i)

theorem proof :
    ∀ n : ℕ, 0 < n → ∀ a : ℂ, ∀ roots : Fin n → ℂ,
      (∀ i, roots i = a) →
      ∀ z : ℂ, dist z a < 1 → ‖MonicValue roots z‖ < 1 := by
  intro n hn a roots hroots z hz
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/37964118-b911-4df9-8ebc-2a2b68ee377c/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1039RepeatedRootDisk

open scoped BigOperators

def MonicValue {n : ℕ} (roots : Fin n → ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ :=
  ∏ i, (z - roots i)

/-- A polynomial whose roots all coincide has the full unit disk around that
root in its strict unit lemniscate, in every positive degree. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, 0 < n → ∀ a : ℂ, ∀ roots : Fin n → ℂ,
    (∀ i, roots i = a) →
    ∀ z : ℂ, dist z a < 1 → ‖MonicValue roots z‖ < 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1039RepeatedRootDisk
```

### 1. Is there an absolute c>0 such that, for every positive n and every monic degree-n complex polynomial whose ro…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/366?s=1
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cf94b821-da2d-4f03-a717-8ab4357a1950 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/34070348241, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:21:24.000Z by @woshuajolk, @hd1932 / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 3
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Is there an absolute c>0 such that, for every positive n and every monic degree-n complex polynomial whose roots lie in the closed unit disk, the sublevel set |f(z)|<1 contains an open disk of radius c/n?**

**Scope.**

All positive degrees; monic polynomials represented by their n roots with multiplicity; all roots in the closed unit disk; one absolute positive constant; strict sublevel lemniscate.

**Artifacts.**

- KitamuraPort.lean: Submissions.Erdos1039LemniscateInradius.KitamuraPort.proof

```lean
/-
Ported 2026-09-07 from Kenta Kitamura, commit 9ae46727eef654665a51e8341961feb0127a2a44.
Based on Liam Price / GPT-5.5 Pro and Nat Sothanaphan proofs.
Changes: port to Lean4.33 and current pinned Mathlib; restrict source to lower-bound proof; add exac
Original license reproduced below.
                                 Apache License
                           Version 2.0, January 2004
                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/

   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

   1. Definitions.

      "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
      and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/cf94b821-da2d-4f03-a717-8ab4357a1950/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos1039LemniscateInradius

open scoped BigOperators

def MonicValue {n : ℕ} (roots : Fin n → ℂ) (z : ℂ) : ℂ :=
  ∏ i, (z - roots i)

/-- The explicit `rho(f) >> 1/n` question in Erdős Problem 1039,
written directly as existence of an inscribed disk. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ c : ℝ, 0 < c ∧
    ∀ n : ℕ, 0 < n → ∀ roots : Fin n → ℂ,
      (∀ i, ‖roots i‖ ≤ 1) →
      ∃ center : ℂ, ∀ z : ℂ,
        dist z center < c / n →
          ‖MonicValue roots z‖ < 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1039LemniscateInradius
```

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