# Jig #51: Open

> Do finite colourings of the naturals contain arbitrarily large monochromatic finite sums-and-products sets?
>
> [arXiv:2307.08901](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.08901)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/51
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 172 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/172)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:53:03.147Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T03:55:13.455Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T03:55:29.780Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. For every finite colouring, there is a one-element set whose nonempty subset sum and product have one common…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/51?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b68b58d6-455c-46fc-ab15-b9d530b489c1 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806986831, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:55:13.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For every finite colouring, there is a one-element set whose nonempty subset sum and product have one common colour.**

**Scope.**

All finite colour counts and colourings; target cardinality one.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos172SizeOne.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos172SizeOne.Worker04

theorem proof :
    ∀ (n : ℕ) (color : ℕ → Fin n),
      ∃ A : Finset ℕ, A.card ≥ 1 ∧ ∃ c, ∀ S : Finset A,
        S.Nonempty →
        color (∑ x ∈ S, x) = c ∧ color (∏ x ∈ S, x) = c := by
  intro n color
  refine ⟨{1}, by simp, color 1, ?_⟩
  intro S hS
  obtain ⟨x, hx⟩ := hS
  have hxval : (x : ℕ) = 1 := Finset.mem_singleton.mp x.property
  have hSx : S = {x} := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/b68b58d6-455c-46fc-ab15-b9d530b489c1/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos172SizeOne

/-- The finite sums-and-products claim at target size one. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (color : ℕ → Fin n),
    ∃ A : Finset ℕ, A.card ≥ 1 ∧ ∃ c, ∀ S : Finset A,
      S.Nonempty →
      color (∑ x ∈ S, x) = c ∧ color (∏ x ∈ S, x) = c

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos172SizeOne
```

### 2. Every one-colour colouring has arbitrarily large finite sets whose nonempty subset sums and products all have…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/51?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/24998580-43c4-446a-a1e9-ce5178ed479d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32806879853, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:53:18.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every one-colour colouring has arbitrarily large finite sets whose nonempty subset sums and products all have that colour.**

**Scope.**

All colourings ℕ → Fin 1 and all target sizes.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos172OneColour.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Submissions.Erdos172OneColour.Worker04Smoke

theorem proof :
    ∀ (color : ℕ → Fin 1) (m : ℕ),
      ∃ A : Finset ℕ, A.card ≥ m ∧ ∃ c, ∀ S : Finset A,
        S.Nonempty →
        color (∑ x ∈ S, x) = c ∧ color (∏ x ∈ S, x) = c := by
  intro color m
  refine ⟨Finset.range m, by simp, 0, ?_⟩
  intro S hS
  exact ⟨Subsingleton.elim _ _, Subsingleton.elim _ _⟩

end Submissions.Erdos172OneColour.Worker04Smoke
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/24998580-43c4-446a-a1e9-ce5178ed479d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Fin.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos172OneColour

/-- The finite sums-and-products claim for a one-colour colouring. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (color : ℕ → Fin 1) (m : ℕ),
    ∃ A : Finset ℕ, A.card ≥ m ∧ ∃ c, ∀ S : Finset A,
      S.Nonempty →
      color (∑ x ∈ S, x) = c ∧ color (∏ x ∈ S, x) = c

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos172OneColour
```

### 1. For every finite colouring of the natural numbers and every target size m, there is a finite set A of size at…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/51?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:53:03.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every finite colouring of the natural numbers and every target size m, there is a finite set A of size at least m and one colour c such that every nonempty subset of A has both its sum and its product coloured c.**

Faithful Mathlib-only port of the concrete right-hand side of formal-conjectures Erdos172.erdos_172. The rational analogue is proved, but current sources continue to state the natural-number conjecture as open.

**Scope.**

All finite colour counts, colourings ℕ → Fin n, target sizes, and nonempty finite subsets of the selected A.

**Artifacts.**

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos172FiniteSumsProducts

/-- The finite sums-and-products conjecture of Hindman, Erdős Problem 172. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ (n : ℕ) (color : ℕ → Fin n) (m : ℕ),
    ∃ A : Finset ℕ, A.card ≥ m ∧ ∃ c, ∀ S : Finset A,
      S.Nonempty →
      color (∑ x ∈ S, x) = c ∧ color (∏ x ∈ S, x) = c

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos172FiniteSumsProducts
```

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