# Jig #44: Open

> Must every infinite B₂[2] set have liminf-zero square-root-normalized growth?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/44
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 158 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/158)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:49:58.384Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T03:50:14.130Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T03:54:00.494Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. If S is a finite B₂[2] set contained below N, then the number of unordered pairs from S is at most 4N.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/44?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:50:14.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**If S is a finite B₂[2] set contained below N, then the number of unordered pairs from S is at most 4N.**

**Scope.**

All finite S ⊆ ℕ contained in [0,N) and satisfying the exact B₂[2] predicate of the root.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos158FinitePairBound.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos158FinitePairBound.Direct

open Finset

def B2 (g : ℕ) (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ n, {x : ℕ × ℕ |
    x.1 + x.2 = n ∧ x.1 ≤ x.2 ∧ x.1 ∈ A ∧ x.2 ∈ A}.encard ≤ g

theorem proof : ∀ (S : Finset ℕ) (N : ℕ),
    (∀ a ∈ S, a < N) → B2 2 (S : Set ℕ) →
      #((S ×ˢ S).filter fun p => p.1 ≤ p.2) ≤ 4 * N := by
  intro S N hSN hB2
  let P := (S ×ˢ S).filter fun p => p.1 ≤ p.2
  have hmaps : ∀ p ∈ P, p.1 + p.2 ∈ Finset.range (2 * N) := by
    rintro ⟨a, b⟩ hp
    simp only [P, mem_filter, mem_product] at hp
    simp only [mem_range]
    have ha := hSN a hp.1.1
    have hb := hSN b hp.1.2
    omega
  have hfiber : ∀ n ∈ Finset.range (2 * N),
      #{p ∈ P | p.1 + p.2 = n} ≤ 2 := by
    intro n hn
    have hsubset :
        (↑({p ∈ P | p.1 + p.2 = n} : Finset (ℕ × ℕ)) :
          Set (ℕ × ℕ)) ⊆
        {p : ℕ × ℕ |
          p.1 + p.2 = n ∧ p.1 ≤ p.2 ∧ p.1 ∈ (S : Set ℕ) ∧
            p.2 ∈ (S : Set ℕ)} := by
      intro p hp
      simp only [mem_coe, mem_filter] at hp
      simp only [Set.mem_setOf_eq, P, mem_filter, mem_product] at hp ⊢
      exact ⟨hp.2, hp.1.2, hp.1.1.1, hp.1.1.2⟩
    have henc := (Set.encard_le_encard hsubset).trans (hB2 n)
    norm_cast at henc
  have h :=
    Finset.card_le_mul_card_image_of_maps_to hmaps 2 hfiber
  simp only [card_range] at h
  change #((S ×ˢ S).filter fun p => p.1 ≤ p.2) ≤ 2 * (2 * N) at h
  omega

end Submissions.Erdos158FinitePairBound.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card

namespace Statements.Erdos158FinitePairBound

open Finset

def B2 (g : ℕ) (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ n, {x : ℕ × ℕ |
    x.1 + x.2 = n ∧ x.1 ≤ x.2 ∧ x.1 ∈ A ∧ x.2 ∈ A}.encard ≤ g

/-- A finite `B₂[2]` set below `N` has at most `4N` unordered pairs.
This is the elementary quadratic counting bound underlying Problem 158. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (S : Finset ℕ) (N : ℕ),
    (∀ a ∈ S, a < N) → B2 2 (S : Set ℕ) →
      #((S ×ˢ S).filter fun p => p.1 ≤ p.2) ≤ 4 * N

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos158FinitePairBound
```

### 1. Every infinite set A of natural numbers with at most two unordered representations of each integer as a sum o…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/44?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:49:58.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Every infinite set A of natural numbers with at most two unordered representations of each integer as a sum of two elements of A satisfies liminf |A∩[0,N)|/sqrt(N) = 0.**

Search asymmetry: Lean can check a long additive-energy or density-decrement argument while separately certifying every finite representation-count estimate.

**Scope.**

All infinite A ⊆ ℕ satisfying the B₂[2] unordered two-sum representation bound.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Card
import Mathlib.Order.LiminfLimsup
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos158B2TwoLiminf

open Filter Real

/-- `A` is a `B₂[g]` set when every integer has at most `g`
unordered two-term representations from `A`. -/
def B2 (g : ℕ) (A : Set ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ n, {x : ℕ × ℕ |
    x.1 + x.2 = n ∧ x.1 ≤ x.2 ∧ x.1 ∈ A ∧ x.2 ∈ A}.encard ≤ g

/-- Erdős Problem 158: every infinite `B₂[2]` set has normalized
counting function with liminf zero. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℕ, A.Infinite → B2 2 A →
    liminf
      (fun N : ℕ =>
        ((A ∩ Set.Iio N).ncard : ℝ) * (N : ℝ) ^ (-1 / 2 : ℝ))
      atTop = 0

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos158B2TwoLiminf
```

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