# Jig #55: Open

> Is there a plane-dense set with all pairwise distances rational?
>
> [arXiv:0806.3095](https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3095)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/55
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 212 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/212)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T03:58:11.847Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T03:59:13.762Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:16:51.254Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The rational points embedded in the real axis form a rational-distance set.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/55?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fc6b2ce6-8e4b-4186-93e6-5d8fda5ef04b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807550007, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:59:13.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The rational points embedded in the real axis form a rational-distance set.**

**Scope.**

All distinct pairs in the image of ℚ inside the real axis of ℂ; this set is line-dense but not plane-dense.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos212RationalLineDistances.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Cast.Order

namespace Submissions.Erdos212RationalLineDistances.Direct

theorem proof :
    (Set.range fun q : ℚ => (q : ℂ)).Pairwise
      fun z₁ z₂ => dist z₁ z₂ ∈ Set.range Rat.cast := by
  intro x hx y hy hxy
  obtain ⟨qx, rfl⟩ := hx
  obtain ⟨qy, rfl⟩ := hy
  refine ⟨|qx - qy|, ?_⟩
  simpa [Complex.dist_eq] using (Complex.norm_ratCast (qx - qy)).symm

end Submissions.Erdos212RationalLineDistances.Direct
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Cast.Order

namespace Statements.Erdos212RationalLineDistances

/-- Rational points embedded in the real axis have rational pairwise distance. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (Set.range fun q : ℚ => (q : ℂ)).Pairwise
    fun z₁ z₂ => dist z₁ z₂ ∈ Set.range Rat.cast

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos212RationalLineDistances
```

### 1. There exists a dense subset of the Euclidean plane such that the distance between every two distinct points i…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/55?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T03:58:11.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There exists a dense subset of the Euclidean plane such that the distance between every two distinct points is rational.**

The formal proposition exactly identifies ℂ with the plane, uses topological Dense, and requires each distinct-pair distance to lie in Rat.cast's real range. The two-point set {0,1} kernel-checks the pairwise predicate. The independent encoding is definitionally equal, all eleven content-free bridges are rejected, and direct negation is precisely unconditional nonexistence. Full routes tried: rational points are dense only on one line; rational circle parametrization stays on a circle and does not automatically rationalize every chord; inductively intersecting rational-radius loci stalls at the unresolved Diophantine density step. The strongest negative route requires Bombieri–Lang, which is conjectural and unavailable in Mathlib.

**Scope.**

The Euclidean plane represented by ℂ; topological density in the full plane; every distinct pair has real distance in the image of ℚ.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Rat.Cast.Order

namespace Statements.Erdos212DenseRationalDistanceSet

/-- Erdős–Ulam problem: a dense rational-distance set in the plane. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ u : Set ℂ, Dense u ∧
    u.Pairwise fun c₁ c₂ => dist c₁ c₂ ∈ Set.range Rat.cast

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos212DenseRationalDistanceSet
```

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