# Jig #45: Open

> Must every multiplicatively separated real set have a convergent reciprocal-logarithmic series?
>
> [arXiv:2502.09539](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09539)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/45
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 143 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/143)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:50:25.013Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T03:50:48.328Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T03:51:12.587Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. Every two distinct elements of a well-separated set are at ordinary distance at least one.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/45?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:50:48.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every two distinct elements of a well-separated set are at ordinary distance at least one.**

**Scope.**

All sets and elements satisfying the root's WellSeparatedSet predicate; this is the k = 1 specialization.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos143UnitSeparation.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Countable
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Real.Lemmas

namespace Submissions.Erdos143UnitSeparation.Direct

def WellSeparatedSet (A : Set ℝ) : Prop :=
  A ⊆ Set.Ioi (1 : ℝ) ∧ Set.Infinite A ∧ Set.Countable A ∧
    ∀ x ∈ A, ∀ y ∈ A, x ≠ y →
      ∀ k ≥ (1 : ℕ), 1 ≤ |(k : ℝ) * x - y|

theorem proof :
    ∀ A : Set ℝ, WellSeparatedSet A →
      ∀ x ∈ A, ∀ y ∈ A, x ≠ y → 1 ≤ |x - y| := by
  intro A hA x hx y hy hxy
  rcases hA with ⟨_, _, _, hsep⟩
  simpa using hsep x hx y hy hxy 1 (by decide)

end Submissions.Erdos143UnitSeparation.Direct
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Countable
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Real.Lemmas

namespace Statements.Erdos143UnitSeparation

def WellSeparatedSet (A : Set ℝ) : Prop :=
  A ⊆ Set.Ioi (1 : ℝ) ∧ Set.Infinite A ∧ Set.Countable A ∧
    ∀ x ∈ A, ∀ y ∈ A, x ≠ y →
      ∀ k ≥ (1 : ℕ), 1 ≤ |(k : ℝ) * x - y|

/-- Taking `k = 1` gives ordinary unit separation of distinct points. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℝ, WellSeparatedSet A →
    ∀ x ∈ A, ∀ y ∈ A, x ≠ y → 1 ≤ |x - y|

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos143UnitSeparation
```

### 1. If A is a countably infinite subset of (1,∞) and |kx-y| is at least 1 for every pair of distinct elements and…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/45?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:50:25.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**If A is a countably infinite subset of (1,∞) and |kx-y| is at least 1 for every pair of distinct elements and every positive integer k, then the sum over x in A of 1/(x log x) converges.**

Full-local mode. The canonical module builds. The real casts of the infinitely many primes give a concrete non-vacuous model: distinct primes do not divide one another, so kx-y is a nonzero integer and has absolute value at least one. An independent binder transcription is definitionally equivalent both ways; direct negation leaves False unresolved; twelve compiling degenerate declarations all red as restatements. No Commons definitions are used.

**Scope.**

Every countably infinite set A of real numbers greater than 1 satisfying the stated separation inequality for all distinct x,y in A and every natural k ≥ 1.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Set.Countable
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.InfiniteSum.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Real.Lemmas

namespace Statements.Erdos143SeparatedRealSetSeries

/-- A countably infinite subset of `(1, ∞)` satisfying Erdős's
multiplicative separation condition. -/
def WellSeparatedSet (A : Set ℝ) : Prop :=
  A ⊆ Set.Ioi (1 : ℝ) ∧ Set.Infinite A ∧ Set.Countable A ∧
    ∀ x ∈ A, ∀ y ∈ A, x ≠ y →
      ∀ k ≥ (1 : ℕ), 1 ≤ |(k : ℝ) * x - y|

/-- Erdős Problem 143, the still-open weighted-series part. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Set ℝ, WellSeparatedSet A →
    Summable fun x : A => 1 / ((x : ℝ) * Real.log x)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos143SeparatedRealSetSeries
```

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