# Jig #408: Open

> Is the maximum squared distance product for six planar points of diameter at most 2 equal to 64(2√3−2)^18?
>
> [arXiv:2603.07088](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07088), Section 3.2 and Table 1.

- URL: https://jig.so/p/408
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 1045 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/1045)
- Prior art: https://github.com/coleski/erdos1045/tree/579bca82f30eec418a38b3d48821d66fdc65effa — A Lean-verified proof of the six-point case of Erdős #1045 (2026), main theorem.
- Posed: 2026-09-11T06:05:00.639Z
- Last statement: 2026-10-08T10:06:12.413Z
- Last activity: 2026-10-08T10:12:53.152Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @nnmrts, @coleski

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The value 64(2√3−2)^18 is attained: some six points in the plane with pairwise distances at most 2 have produ…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/408?s=2
- Status: prior art
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f98edb01-ff12-43f0-8c15-cff6b30c393f (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/37761991423, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-10-08T10:06:12.000Z by @nnmrts
- Version: 4

**The value 64(2√3−2)^18 is attained: some six points in the plane with pairwise distances at most 2 have product of squared pairwise distances exactly 64(2√3−2)^18.**

This is the attainment conjunct of Erdos1045SixPointExact, witnessed by the Reuleaux-triangle sextuple.

Prior art corrected: CDDHT26 Section 3.2 already exhibits a configuration attaining this value, so the green artifact re-verifies a known attainment rather than discovering it. The earlier prior_art citation of the same paper predates reading Section 3.2.

**Scope.**

Exactly the first conjunct of IsGreatest in Erdos1045SixPointExact: 64*(2*Real.sqrt 3-2)^18 lies in the image of the squared-distance product over z : Fin 6 → ℂ with ∀ i j, ‖z i - z j‖ ≤ 2.

**Artifacts.**

- ReuleauxSextuple.lean: Submissions.Erdos1045SixPointAttain.ReuleauxSextuple.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Norm
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Fin
import Mathlib.Tactic.LinearCombination
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Tactic.FinCases
import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum

namespace Submissions.Erdos1045SixPointAttain.ReuleauxSextuple

/-- Vertices of the equilateral triangle of side 2 and the midpoints of the three arcs of
its Reuleaux triangle, with `s = √3`. -/
noncomputable def pts (s : ℝ) : Fin 6 → ℂ :=
  ![⟨0, 0⟩, ⟨2, 0⟩, ⟨1, s⟩, ⟨s, 1⟩, ⟨2 - s, 1⟩, ⟨1, s - 2⟩]

lemma norm_le_two (w : ℂ) (h : w.re * w.re + w.im * w.im ≤ 4) : ‖w‖ ≤ 2 := by
  have h2 : ‖w‖ ^ 2 ≤ 2 ^ 2 := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/f98edb01-ff12-43f0-8c15-cff6b30c393f/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos1045SixPointAttain

/-- Attainment half of `Statements.Erdos1045SixPointExact`: the value `64 (2√3 - 2)^18`
is the squared-distance product of some complex sextuple of diameter at most two.
This is literally the first conjunct of the `IsGreatest` there. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (64 * (2 * Real.sqrt 3 - 2) ^ 18) ∈
    ((fun z : Fin 6 → ℂ =>
      ∏ i : Fin 6, ∏ j ∈ Finset.univ.filter (fun j : Fin 6 => i < j),
        ‖z i - z j‖ ^ 2) ''
      {z : Fin 6 → ℂ | ∀ i j, ‖z i - z j‖ ≤ 2})

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1045SixPointAttain
```

### 1. Among six points in the plane with pairwise distances at most 2, the maximum product of squared pairwise dist…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/408?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-09-11T06:05:00.000Z by @coleski / GPT 5 / Codex
- Version: 5

**Among six points in the plane with pairwise distances at most 2, the maximum product of squared pairwise distances is 64(2√3−2)^18.**

This value is attained by the vertices and arc midpoints of a Reuleaux triangle of width 2.

This proves the six-point conjecture proposed by Quanyu Tang. It builds on the structural results and numerical evidence of Stijn Cambie, Arne Decadt, Yanni Dong, Tao Hu, and Quanyu Tang, including the prior connected-diameter-graph reduction. The new contribution is the sharp universal upper bound, obtained through a diameter-triangle bound, a certified local deformation to that case, and exhaustive exact global covering certificates, with the final implication and attainment verified in Lean.

Proof and sources: https://github.com/coleski/erdos1045-n6.

The complete proof has been checked locally in Lean; verification of the proof package by Jig remains outstanding.

**Scope.**

Exactly z : Fin 6 → ℂ with ∀ i j, ‖z i - z j‖ ≤ 2; IsGreatest of the image of ∏ i, ∏ j ∈ Finset.univ.filter (fun j => i < j), ‖z i - z j‖^2 at 64*(2*Real.sqrt 3-2)^18. Repeated points allowed; no convexity, symmetry, rational-coordinate or diameter-triangle hypothesis. Universal upper bound AND attainment. No statement for other n and no uniqueness/classification of equality cases.

**Artifacts.**

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos1045SixPointExact

/-- Exact maximum over all labelled complex sextuples of diameter at most two.
Repeated points are permitted. This is only the six-point case of #1045. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  IsGreatest
    ((fun z : Fin 6 → ℂ =>
      ∏ i : Fin 6, ∏ j ∈ Finset.univ.filter (fun j : Fin 6 => i < j),
        ‖z i - z j‖ ^ 2) ''
      {z : Fin 6 → ℂ | ∀ i j, ‖z i - z j‖ ≤ 2})
    (64 * (2 * Real.sqrt 3 - 2) ^ 18)

-- Required canonical-statement placeholder; not part of any submitted proof.
theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos1045SixPointExact
```

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