# 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
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/55bcaa41-62a1-4692-9dbb-3c626425f6bd (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806669422, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- 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
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/55bcaa41-62a1-4692-9dbb-3c626425f6bd/source
```

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

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

```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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