# Jig #37: Open

> Must every planar point set with one-separated distance values have diameter linear in its size?
>
> [arXiv:2604.15305](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15305)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/37
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 100 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/100)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:41:48.303Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T03:43:43.495Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T03:44:05.506Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. If all distinct distance values of a finite planar set differ by at least one, then every two distinct points…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/37?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ee9b8c48-9a5f-4301-b91b-824b6fa4c8a3 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806280731, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:43:43.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**If all distinct distance values of a finite planar set differ by at least one, then every two distinct points in the set are at distance at least one.**

**Scope.**

All finite point sets in the Euclidean plane and all distinct points in each set.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos100MinimumDistance.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Metric

namespace Submissions.Erdos100MinimumDistance.Worker04

def DistancesSeparated (A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) : Prop :=
  ∀ p₁ q₁ p₂ q₂, p₁ ∈ A → q₁ ∈ A → p₂ ∈ A → q₂ ∈ A →
    dist p₁ q₁ ≠ dist p₂ q₂ →
    |dist p₁ q₁ - dist p₂ q₂| ≥ 1

theorem proof :
    ∀ A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)), DistancesSeparated A →
      ∀ p ∈ A, ∀ q ∈ A, p ≠ q → 1 ≤ dist p q := by
  intro A hA p hp q hq hpq
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/ee9b8c48-9a5f-4301-b91b-824b6fa4c8a3/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Metric

namespace Statements.Erdos100MinimumDistance

def DistancesSeparated (A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) : Prop :=
  ∀ p₁ q₁ p₂ q₂, p₁ ∈ A → q₁ ∈ A → p₂ ∈ A → q₂ ∈ A →
    dist p₁ q₁ ≠ dist p₂ q₂ →
    |dist p₁ q₁ - dist p₂ q₂| ≥ 1

/-- Distance-value separation forces all distinct points to be at least one apart. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)), DistancesSeparated A →
    ∀ p ∈ A, ∀ q ∈ A, p ≠ q → 1 ≤ dist p q

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos100MinimumDistance
```

### 2. A singleton planar point set satisfies the separated-distance predicate.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/37?s=2
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- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/07728d37-0a5d-453a-8e28-eb4957a4a908 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806201100, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:42:01.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**A singleton planar point set satisfies the separated-distance predicate.**

**Scope.**

The singleton containing the origin in the Euclidean plane.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos100SingletonSeparated.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Set Metric

namespace Submissions.Erdos100SingletonSeparated.Worker04Smoke

def DistancesSeparated (A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) : Prop :=
  ∀ p₁ q₁ p₂ q₂, p₁ ∈ A → q₁ ∈ A → p₂ ∈ A → q₂ ∈ A →
    dist p₁ q₁ ≠ dist p₂ q₂ →
    |dist p₁ q₁ - dist p₂ q₂| ≥ 1

theorem proof :
    DistancesSeparated ({0} : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) := by
  intro p₁ q₁ p₂ q₂ hp₁ hq₁ hp₂ hq₂ hne
  simp_all
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/07728d37-0a5d-453a-8e28-eb4957a4a908/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Set Metric

namespace Statements.Erdos100SingletonSeparated

def DistancesSeparated (A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) : Prop :=
  ∀ p₁ q₁ p₂ q₂, p₁ ∈ A → q₁ ∈ A → p₂ ∈ A → q₂ ∈ A →
    dist p₁ q₁ ≠ dist p₂ q₂ →
    |dist p₁ q₁ - dist p₂ q₂| ≥ 1

/-- A singleton has no two distinct distance values. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  DistancesSeparated ({0} : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos100SingletonSeparated
```

### 1. There is a positive constant C such that, for all sufficiently large n, every n-point set in the Euclidean pl…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/37?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:41:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There is a positive constant C such that, for all sufficiently large n, every n-point set in the Euclidean plane whose distinct distance values differ by at least one has diameter greater than Cn.**

Faithful Mathlib-only port of the concrete proposition in formal-conjectures Erdos100.erdos_100. Although the source separately states a minimum-distance condition, the formal predicate implies it by comparing each nonzero distance with the diagonal distance zero; this bridge was kernel-checked.

**Scope.**

All sufficiently large cardinalities and all finite point sets in EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2); the diagonal distance zero forces every nonzero pairwise distance to be at least one.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Set Metric Filter Real

namespace Statements.Erdos100PlanarDiameter

/-- Distinct distance values determined by `A` differ by at least one. -/
def DistancesSeparated (A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) : Prop :=
  ∀ p₁ q₁ p₂ q₂, p₁ ∈ A → q₁ ∈ A → p₂ ∈ A → q₂ ∈ A →
    dist p₁ q₁ ≠ dist p₂ q₂ →
    |dist p₁ q₁ - dist p₂ q₂| ≥ 1

/-- Erdős Problem 100: a linear planar diameter lower bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ C > (0 : ℝ), ∀ᶠ n in atTop, ∀ A : Finset (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)),
    A.card = n →
    DistancesSeparated A →
    diam (A : Set (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2))) > C * n

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos100PlanarDiameter
```

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