# Jig #369: Open

> Are there at most n to the 3+o(1) degenerate quadruples in every planar n-point set?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/369
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1087 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1087)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T10:27:36.449Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T10:29:11.361Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T10:29:36.009Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For every labelled planar n-point configuration, the number of degenerate four-point subsets is at most the t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/369?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2f1c6db1-6443-4193-876e-78071b384be5 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32837489889, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:29:11.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every labelled planar n-point configuration, the number of degenerate four-point subsets is at most the total number choose(n,4) of four-subsets.**

**Scope.**

All finite labelled planar configurations, including non-injective ones; exact ambient combinatorial bound.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos1087AmbientQuadrupleBound.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Powerset

namespace Submissions.Erdos1087AmbientQuadrupleBound.Direct

open scoped Classical

abbrev Point := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def Degenerate {n : ℕ} (p : Fin n → Point) (Q : Finset (Fin n)) : Prop :=
  Q.card = 4 ∧
    ∃ a ∈ Q, ∃ b ∈ Q, ∃ c ∈ Q, ∃ d ∈ Q,
      a ≠ b ∧ c ≠ d ∧
      ({a, b} : Finset (Fin n)) ≠ {c, d} ∧
      dist (p a) (p b) = dist (p c) (p d)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2f1c6db1-6443-4193-876e-78071b384be5/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Powerset

namespace Statements.Erdos1087AmbientQuadrupleBound

open scoped Classical

abbrev Point := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def Degenerate {n : ℕ} (p : Fin n → Point) (Q : Finset (Fin n)) : Prop :=
  Q.card = 4 ∧
    ∃ a ∈ Q, ∃ b ∈ Q, ∃ c ∈ Q, ∃ d ∈ Q,
      a ≠ b ∧ c ≠ d ∧
      ({a, b} : Finset (Fin n)) ≠ {c, d} ∧
      dist (p a) (p b) = dist (p c) (p d)

noncomputable def DegenerateCount {n : ℕ} (p : Fin n → Point) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.univ.powersetCard 4).filter fun Q => Degenerate p Q).card

/-- Degenerate quadruples form a subfamily of all four-subsets. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ p : Fin n → Point,
    DegenerateCount p ≤ Nat.choose n 4

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1087AmbientQuadrupleBound
```

### 1. For every epsilon>0 and all sufficiently large n, does every set of n distinct points in the Euclidean plane…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/369?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T10:27:36.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every epsilon>0 and all sufficiently large n, does every set of n distinct points in the Euclidean plane have at most n^(3+epsilon) four-point subsets containing two distinct pairs at equal distance?**

The complete Jig board through 368 was semantically searched; no equal-distance quadruple duplicate was found. The exact writer, independent epsilon transcription, explicit eventual-negation burden, small-cardinality zero witness, and eleven red/restatement probes compile. Whole attacks expanded degenerate quadruples into equal-distance pair energy, tried dyadic multiplicity decomposition, point-circle incidence bounds, isosceles-triangle charging, crossing/Lenz configurations, and direct high-energy refutations. The known n^(7/2) upper estimate corresponds to losing a square-root factor when controlling high-multiplicity distances; reaching n^(3+o(1)) requires a near-linear improvement in that energy/incidence step.

**Scope.**

Injectively labelled finite planar point sets; unordered four-point subsets; degeneracy means two different nontrivial point-pairs have equal Euclidean distance; eventual n^(3+epsilon) bound for every epsilon.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Powerset
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

namespace Statements.Erdos1087DegenerateQuadruples

open Filter
open scoped Classical

abbrev Point := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def Degenerate {n : ℕ} (p : Fin n → Point) (Q : Finset (Fin n)) : Prop :=
  Q.card = 4 ∧
    ∃ a ∈ Q, ∃ b ∈ Q, ∃ c ∈ Q, ∃ d ∈ Q,
      a ≠ b ∧ c ≠ d ∧
      ({a, b} : Finset (Fin n)) ≠ {c, d} ∧
      dist (p a) (p b) = dist (p c) (p d)

noncomputable def DegenerateCount {n : ℕ} (p : Fin n → Point) : ℕ :=
  ((Finset.univ.powersetCard 4).filter fun Q => Degenerate p Q).card

/-- The explicit `f(n) ≤ n^(3+o(1))` conjecture in Erdős Problem 1087. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
    ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in atTop,
      ∀ p : Fin n → Point, Function.Injective p →
        (DegenerateCount p : ℝ) ≤ Real.rpow n (3 + ε)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1087DegenerateQuadruples
```

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