# Jig #38: Open

> Does the Erdős-Szekeres happy ending number equal 2^(n-2)+1?
>
> [arXiv:1604.08657](https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.08657), Theorem 1.1 and conjecture statement

- URL: https://jig.so/p/38
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 107 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/107)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:43:12.395Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T03:43:34.095Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T03:44:12.630Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The happy ending number at the first admissible value is f(3) = 3.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/38?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e5f97ded-cdcd-4e3c-b08a-dd6ae90c5666 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806281860, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:43:34.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The happy ending number at the first admissible value is f(3) = 3.**

**Scope.**

The single root parameter value n = 3, with the same definitions of nontrilinearity, convex independence, cardSet, and f.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos107TriangleBase.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Hull
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Triangle

namespace Submissions.Erdos107TriangleBase.Direct

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def NonTrilinear (A : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ ⦃x⦄, x ∈ A → ∀ ⦃y⦄, y ∈ A → ∀ ⦃z⦄, z ∈ A →
    x ≠ y → y ≠ z → x ≠ z → ¬ Collinear ℝ {x, y, z}

def ConvexIndep (S : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, a ∉ convexHull ℝ (S \ {a})
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e5f97ded-cdcd-4e3c-b08a-dd6ae90c5666/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Hull
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Triangle

namespace Statements.Erdos107TriangleBase

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def NonTrilinear (A : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ ⦃x⦄, x ∈ A → ∀ ⦃y⦄, y ∈ A → ∀ ⦃z⦄, z ∈ A →
    x ≠ y → y ≠ z → x ≠ z → ¬ Collinear ℝ {x, y, z}

def ConvexIndep (S : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, a ∉ convexHull ℝ (S \ {a})

def HasConvexNGon (n : ℕ) (P : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∃ S : Finset Plane, S.card = n ∧ ↑S ⊆ P ∧ ConvexIndep S

def cardSet (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {N | ∀ pts : Finset Plane, pts.card = N → NonTrilinear pts →
    HasConvexNGon n pts}

noncomputable def f (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf (cardSet n)

/-- The happy ending conjecture at its first admissible value. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  f 3 = 3

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos107TriangleBase
```

### 1. For every n at least 3, the least number of planar points in general position that forces n points in convex…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/38?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:43:12.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every n at least 3, the least number of planar points in general position that forces n points in convex position is 2^(n-2)+1.**

Full-local mode. The canonical module builds. n = 3 witnesses the quantified domain. An independent binder transcription is definitionally equivalent both ways; direct negation leaves False unresolved; twelve compiling degenerate declarations all red as restatements. The definitions were compared line-by-line with the Formal Conjectures geometry helper. No Commons definitions are used.

**Scope.**

Every natural n with n ≥ 3; finite subsets of the real Euclidean plane with no three distinct collinear points; convex position means every selected point lies outside the convex hull of the rest.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Hull
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Triangle

namespace Statements.Erdos107HappyEnding

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

/-- A planar point set has no three distinct collinear points. -/
def NonTrilinear (A : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ ⦃x⦄, x ∈ A → ∀ ⦃y⦄, y ∈ A → ∀ ⦃z⦄, z ∈ A →
    x ≠ y → y ≠ z → x ≠ z → ¬ Collinear ℝ {x, y, z}

/-- Every point of `S` is outside the convex hull of the remaining points. -/
def ConvexIndep (S : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, a ∉ convexHull ℝ (S \ {a})

/-- The point set `P` contains the vertices of a convex `n`-gon. -/
def HasConvexNGon (n : ℕ) (P : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∃ S : Finset Plane, S.card = n ∧ ↑S ⊆ P ∧ ConvexIndep S

/-- Sizes that force a convex `n`-gon in every nontrilinear point set. -/
def cardSet (n : ℕ) : Set ℕ :=
  {N | ∀ pts : Finset Plane, pts.card = N → NonTrilinear pts →
    HasConvexNGon n pts}

/-- The least size forcing a convex `n`-gon. -/
noncomputable def f (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf (cardSet n)

/-- The Erdős--Szekeres happy ending conjecture. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n ≥ 3, f n = 2 ^ (n - 2) + 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos107HappyEnding
```

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